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APPROVED 10/16/02 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AND <br /> THE HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS <br /> MAY 6, 2002 <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session with the Hillsborough <br /> Town Commissioners on May 6, 2002 at 7:30 p.m. at the government Services Center in <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Margaret <br /> W. Brown, Alice M. Gordon and Stephen Halkiotis <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONER ABSENT: Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill and S. Sean Borhanian <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager <br /> Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br /> appropriately below) <br /> HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Joe Phelps and Town <br /> Commissioners Kenneth Chavious, Frances Dancy, Michael Gering, Evelyn Lloyd and Mark <br /> Sheridan <br /> HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Eric Peterson and Planning Director <br /> Margaret Hauth <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Emerging Transportation Issues <br /> a. Orange Grove Road <br /> Planning Director Craig Benedict said that the Economic Development District (EDD) <br /> Transportation Work Group met regularly over approximately seven months and developed <br /> consensus around a number of recommended traffic improvements in and around Hillsborough. <br /> This work group came up with a joint set of recommendations, which were sent on to the <br /> Department of Transportation. The interest were mainly in extending existing roads to provide <br /> increased connectivity, creating new road alignments to serve as additional connectors and <br /> improving circulation via turn lanes and improved land configurations. The other issue had to do with <br /> the Orange Grove Road intersection. Craig Benedict pointed out the Orange Grove Road area. He <br /> showed the connector roads in that area. The Department of Transportation (DOT) has indicated <br /> that if the right-of-way can be obtained from the developer, it makes it a lot easier for them to <br /> develop the road to handle future traffic. Right now, Orange Grove Road is a two-lane road and <br /> with the potential development in that area the road will not be able to handle the increased traffic <br /> generated by development. <br /> Commissioner Brown asked what kind of development is going on in this area. <br /> Hillsborough Planning Director Margaret Hauth said that the land that is undeveloped is zoned <br /> agricultural/multi family. There may be a request for a rezoning in that area. They have not seen a <br /> site plan for Patriots Point. <br />