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1 1 APPROVED 3/21/2000 2 3 MINUTES 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 5 WORK SESSION 6 NOVEMBER 22, 1999 7 8 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on November 22, 10 1999 at 7:30 p.m. in the Southern Human Services Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 11 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Alice M. Gordon and Commissioners 13 Margaret W. Brown, Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen H. Halkiotis (arrived at 8:37), and Barry Jacobs 14 COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County 16 Managers Rod Visser and Albert Kittrell, and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (all other staff 17 members will be identified appropriately below) 18 19 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE 20 PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF 21 THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. 22 —— —– 23 OPENING COMMENTS 24 John Link made reference to two handouts. The first handout relates to the 25 School/Parks Reserve Update and Location Opportunities and the second handout is an 26 attempt by the staff to capture what the Board wanted to ask of the Boards and Commissions. 27 He would like to distribute the form to the Boards and Commissions via their staff members this 28 Wednesday, prior to Thanksgiving. 29 John Link said that he has been working with the City Manager of Mebane to set up a 30 joint meeting. Mebane has suggested that the County Commissioners consider a Monday or 31 Wednesday in January for this meeting. 32 33 1. SOLID WASTE MATTERS –GREENE TRACT 34 1. Greene Tract Surveys 35 John Link outlined the process for addressing this topic. He would like to focus 36 on three areas: 1) looking at the survey efforts of the Greene Tract that the Board had asked to 37 be pursued; 2) looking at the proposed 200-foot buffer that was suggested by the Town of 38 Chapel Hill; and 3) looking at the timeframe for carrying out all of the activities in order to be 39 able to assume responsibility for solid waste management by the end of March. 40 Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that the cultural and archeological survey 41 would locate and assess the probable significance and extent of any historical or archeological 42 significant local cultural resources. When the Board agrees to proceed with the surveys, he will 43 prepare a scope of work to acquire a competent firm to conduct the surveys. The biological 44 resources survey will identify endangered and threatened species or habitat to ensure that any 45 proposed or future development would not encroach on any of that type of habitat. Also, the 46 survey would include conducting a wetlands delineation and flood plain survey to identify and 47 protect wetlands containing significant aquatic life, and identify areas subject to flooding. Wilson 48 said that the schedule would be impacted significantly by how long it takes to conduct the 49 surveys and the weather in the winter months. He hopes to prepare an authorization to proceed 50 by December 17`h 51 Commissioner Brown asked about the cultural and archaeological survey and 52 how Gayle Wilson would go about finding someone to do this because there is an offer from 53 someone at the University to do the survey.