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APPROVED 10/4/2011 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> August 23, 2011 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, August 23, <br /> 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the DSS Offices, Hillsborough Commons in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and Steve <br /> Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Manager and <br /> Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff inembers will be <br /> identified appropriately) <br /> 1. Additions or Chanqes to the Aqenda <br /> The Chair went over the additional items. <br /> - Public comment sheet from Kim Ward for Matters Not on the Printed Agenda <br /> - Petition from Commissioner McKee <br /> - Green and salmon for item 7-a, Class A Special Use Permit— Montessori School <br /> - Pink — revised abstract for item 8-c - Central Efland and Northern Buckhorn Sewer <br /> Extensions — Funding (Including Budget Amendment #1-A) and Bid Award and <br /> Construction) (also includes PowerPoint presentation for item 7-b - Efland- <br /> Buckhorn-Mebane Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Nodes and Economic <br /> Development District Access Management Plan <br /> Chair Pelissier said that Emergency Management Director Frank Montes de Oca will <br /> give an update on Hurricane Irene. He said that it is forecast to reach the North Carolina coast <br /> around Wilmington on Saturday around 1400 hours. He said that updates are given daily at <br /> www.read oy ran�e.orq, or the public may call 245-6111. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Aqenda <br /> Kim Ward lives in the northern part of Orange County. She spoke about her concern <br /> with an inspection notice and a request for a payment of a fee from the Orange County Health <br /> Department concerning her single-resident spray septic system. In 2005, she applied with the <br /> Orange County Health Department with a septic permit to build her house. In October 2005 <br /> she received a denial and several different options were given to her. She chose to appeal the <br /> denial and hired a soil scientist and the scientist also said that there was nowhere on her land <br /> that would perk, and that she should proceed with getting a permit from the State of North <br />