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APPROVED 1/2412006 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION <br />August 29, 2005 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Monday, <br />August 29, 2005 at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and <br />Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordon, Stephen Halkiotis and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County <br />Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All <br />other staff members will be identified appropriately below}. <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. Stillhouse Creek Stream Restoration Project Update <br />Dave Stancil introduced staff members Brent Bogue and Perry Sugg. He said <br />tonight they would like to update the Commissioners on what is being done with a number <br />of projects. He said that the Stillhouse Creek Restoration project is on the property <br />directly behind the Government Services Center in Hillsborough. He said that substantial <br />erosion had taken place on the segment of Stillhouse Creek running from Margaret Lane <br />south to the Eno River. He said that Brent Bogue and Perry Sugg would address this <br />project in detail later in the presentation. <br />Dave Stancil said that there have been discussions in recent weeks concerning <br />the Justice Facilities Expansion Project, the River Park area behind the Courthouse, the <br />Courthouse parking lot, and the expansion of the Farmer's Market. In recent months there <br />were two primary issues that came up related to the Farmer's Market. One involves being <br />able to work around the edge of the proposed Farmer's Market footprint. The other issue <br />was making sure there was a bridge adjacent to the Government Services Annex across <br />Stillhouse Creek. He wanted to give the Commissioners an idea of what is being <br />proposed, particularly the revegetation, shrubs, trees, and the proposed rerouting of a <br />segment of the stream, which will create same additional aquatic habitat possibilities. This <br />will increase the number of environmental education opportunities. <br />Perry Sugg said they are in the final stages of preparing the bid package far this <br />project that will go out next week. They are going through an informal bid process that <br />has a cap of $300,000 and no minimum. He said that the engineer's estimate is under <br />$300,000 so that is the figure that they expect to be reflected in the bids. Once they <br />receive the bids it will take approximately six weeks to complete the contract with the <br />state. This means it may be the middle of October before the project could begin. They <br />would then have 109 days to complete the project. Dave Stancil explained that same <br />vegetation might take 20 to 30 years to reach maturation. Perry Sugg said that the state <br />is doing this far mitigation purposes. These streams have to be constructed under <br />extreme mitigation guidelines and there are riparian criteria that must be met such as a <br />certain number of plants per acre. They are planning to use containerized plants that <br />