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Chair Halkiotis feels that going ahead with authorization to do a request for proposal would open this up to capable people here in Orange County and would support local economic development. Commissioner Carey feels that this site is important enough so that the public can access the services in a very user-friendly fashion. He feels we need to get moving so we have something to react to that is concrete. Commissioner Gordon wants the Board of County Commissioners to be included in the process of redesigning the website. She would like the website to be easy to update. She also said that there should be policies of what should go onto the website. She agrees with Commissioner Brown about the citizen's point of view. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 11 and the schedule and said that the phases seem independent of each other. She said that the Board could move ahead with phase 1 and accept the Information and Technology Advisory Committee's recommendation to hire the state group ITS. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to move this along expeditiously. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to Durham County's site and some of the things that they offer -alphabetical listing of government services, a page for kids, a page for visitors, etc. Chair Halkiotis said that he was not excited about the proposal by ITS. Commissioner Gordon suggested that Commissioners Brown and Carey work on this project. Commissioner Brown suggested taking this back to the IT Committee to take a look at the proposal by ITS. Jahn Link suggested that the IT Committee look at this in relationship to two areas -the basic infrastructure that is easily updated and the design itself on how to engage the public to look at the website. Commissioner Gordon reiterated that she would like all of the Commissioners to be factored into the process at critical points. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Brown that the staff submit a new request for proposal that reflects the concerns as stated above by the Commissioners, and that the Information and Technology Advisory Committee will help develop the request for proposal. ITS and others will be welcome to respond to the request for proposal. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Carey will serve on this committee to help staff develop a proposal after the bids are received. e. Reauest for Assessment of Civil Penalties - M. Henrv Wilson Zonina Violation The Board considered assessing civil penalties for a continuing zoning violation. Craig Benedict explained that this zoning violation has been ongoing since 1995. In 1992, someone requested rezoning for property to allow a commercial use and it was approved. This decision was reversed by the courts in 1995 saying that it was inappropriate to rezone the property to commercial. In the time between 1992 and 1995, someone purchased the property far a motor vehicle establishment to do repair work. The court decision caused the County to bring the property back to the rural buffer zoning that was there previously that allows no commercial uses. There have been three notices of violations that have gone out to this property in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The next step is to request an assessment of civil penalties to take this person to court to cause him to cease his business. He made reference to the recommendation and said that if Mr. Wilson ceases his operation by March 22, 2001, then the assessment that has been accruing since January 6th will be waived. If he does not cease his operation, then the $100 per day penalty will continue. Commissioner Jacobs clarified that Mr. Wilson purchased the property with the understanding that the property was zoned EC-5. He asked if there was an error by County staff at some point in the process.