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c. Legal Advertisement for Joint Planning Area Public Hearing -March 29, 2004 The Board considered the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Public Hearing scheduled for March 29, 2004. Craig Benedict said that the four items have been discussed for the past two years as Chapel Hill has amended their comprehensive plan and have retracted their urban services boundary. This leaves some inconsistencies with the joint planning area plan. What is suggested is to amend the text, the map, and the agreement to change lands outside of Chapel Hill's extraterritorial jurisdiction that are presently a part of the joint planning area, and remove them from the joint planning area under their jurisdiction, and turn them back into rural buffer under the County's jurisdiction. There will still be lands within Chapel Hill's extraterritorial jurisdiction, which will stay under their planning. There would have to be a rezoning of these properties. The Chapel Hill Town Board heard this as an informational item this week. It will be on the March 29t" meeting agenda. There are two non-public hearing items on the agenda. One has to do with agricultural operations, which was discussed briefly at the last work session and then there is a report on Twin Creeks Park. Administration recommends proceeding with the advertisement for the public hearing. Commissioner Gordon asked when the text amendments would be ready with the actual wording. Craig Benedict said that they have a draft and they are working with Chapel Hill. They should be ready by the middle of next week. Chair Jacobs asked Craig Benedict to send it to Commissioner Gordon. He suggested switching the report on Twin Creeks and the report on agricultural operations so that Chapel Hill officials could hear the report on Twin Creeks. Commissioner Gordon said that they would be interested in both of the items because it is an important change in the rural buffer. She would rather leave it as it is. Chair Jacobs said to leave it. A motion was made by, Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve the proposed March 29, 2004 JPA Public Hearing legal advertisement. VOTE: UNANIMOUS meeting. The Board decided to address item 9-d and defer the remaining items to another d. Soccer Superfund -Policy and Guidelines The Board considered a draft policy and set of guidelines for use of the Soccer Superfund and provided feedback and input to staff as desired. The final document will be brought back as a consent item at a subsequent meeting. Recreation and Parks Director Lori Taft said that the Board had looked at a draft policy for a soccer Superfund on February 4t" and February 12t". The staff incorporated the ideas from the Board into the revised draft. She made reference to page 2 of the abstract and asked whether the Board still wanted to discuss allowing private agencies to apply for the matching grants. The Board directed her to develop two versions of section 2 under part A. Also, the Board wanted to discuss identification of basic items in contract language that would be brought forward to grant recipients. These are outlined in the third policy of the draft in italics. Commissioner Gordon said that she does favor most of the revisions and alternate section 2. She asked about number 3 and number 9 and said that the date should be the end of 2003. Lori Taft said that she left this blank because she wanted to include the date that the policy was adopted. Commissioner Gordon would rather leave it as December 31, 2003. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 6-B, Purchase of Land far Construction of Soccer Fields. She suggested saying for use "primarily" for soccer instead of "exclusively." Also, at the end and the list of agencies, she asked how the last four fit in if they