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APPROVED 8/23/2011 <br />EXCERPT <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />June 7, 2011 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 <br />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, Bany 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 Gwen <br />Harvey, Interim Assistant Manager Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All <br />other staff members will be identified appropriately) <br />'t. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Chair Pelissier went through the items at the County Commissioners' places. <br />- Cream-colored sheet -revised cover sheet for this meeting <br />- Light blue sheet -edits to minutes for item 5-a, Minutes <br />- Pink sheet -letter from Durham County Chair of the Board of County <br />Commissioners regarding item 8-c; Further Review and Decision Regarding Half- <br />Cent Sales Tax for Transit <br />- Aqua blue -letter from UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Healthcare regarding item 8-c <br />- Three sets of handouts for item 8-c - PowerPoint presentation, Bus and Rail <br />Investment Plan, and Annual Operating Costs for Transit <br />- Lavender sheet -revised face sheet for item 12-c; Agricultural Preservation Board <br />-Appointments <br />- Yellow sheet -revised membership roster list for item 12-f; Orange Water and <br />Sewer Authority Board of Directors-Appointment <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 Agenda <br />John Robinson lives in Mebane and said that he had a fight with Orange County about <br />6-7 years ago about his road being torn up and plowed. He ended up going to the District <br />Attorney, who took care of this situation. He said that he was out of town on Memorial <br />Weekend and when he returned his garage doors were open, his tool box was open, and his <br />storage bin doors were open and broken into. He called- the Sheriff's Department and a <br />