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<br />APPROVED 11/14/2006 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />September 19, 2006 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September <br />19, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br />Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Rod Visser, Assistant County <br />Manager Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker {All other staff members will be <br />identified appropriately below) <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Chair Jacobs pointed out two new agenda abstract facesheets -items 5-i and 6-b. The <br />Board agreed to add these two items. There were also PowerPoint presentations for items 7-a <br />and 7-b. There was also a new sheet for item 5-b-3. There was a revised 9-b-2, a revised 9-b- <br />4, and a new page 5 for item 9-a. <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 />none <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />{These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br />below.) <br />3. Board Comments <br />Commissioner Gordon said that TTA is having the Smart Commute Challenge through <br />September 30t". To sign up, citizens should go to www.smartcommutechallenge.arq or <br />www.rideTTA.org. Citizens can carpool, ride the bus, vanpool, or work from home. She said <br />that, in honor of International Car Free Day, all regional transit including TTA, DATA, Chapel Hill <br />Transit, etc., would be free. <br />Commissioner Carey - no comments. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that seniors in central and northern Orange County are <br />concerned because they have not had an update of the Senior Center Design Committee. He <br />suggested that the Chair and the Manager have a discussion about a final report or call a final <br />