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1 ' <br /> I DRAFT <br /> 2 <br /> 3 MINUTES <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 REGULAR MEETING <br /> 6 February 21, 2012 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br /> 10 February 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill. N.C. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners <br /> 13 Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Earl McKee and Steve <br /> 14 Yuhasz <br /> 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> 18 Gwen Harvey, and Michael Talbert and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br /> 19 members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 22 Chair Pelissier went through the additional items at the County Commissioners' places: <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Yellow sheet (from Commissioner Yuhasz) —revision to item 4-a, Consideration of <br /> 25 Resolution Supporting an Amendment to the United States Constitution to Clarify that <br /> 26 Corporations are Not People and Money is Not <br /> 27 Pink— Motions related to item 7-a, Conditional Use rezoning and Class A Special Use <br /> 28 Permit—Carolina Friends School <br /> 29 White—submission by a citizen for item 8-c, Direction for a New Solid Waste Interlocal <br /> 30 Agreement and Transfer Station <br /> 31 <br /> 32 <br /> 33 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger <br /> 34 to remove item 12-a, Recommendations for the Board of Directors of the Piedmont Food and <br /> 35 Agricultural Processing Center, and defer it to the March 13th meeting to clarify. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Commissioner Foushee asked if this was delayed would it delay the process for non- <br /> 38 profit status of this entity. John Roberts said that he does not think so. He said that Alamance <br /> 39 has appointed but Durham and Chatham have not, so it will not delay. <br /> 40 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 41 <br /> 42 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 43 <br /> 44 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 2. Public Comments <br /> 47 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 48 Bonnie Hauser spoke on behalf of Orange County Voice. She said that there is a <br /> 49 growing concern about the proposed routings of the Mountains to Sea Trails through Bingham <br /> 50 Township. The trails proposed through OWASA land are being routed through neighborhoods <br />