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18 1 Chair Pelissier said that when this was discussed in June the Board agreed in concept, 2 but this is for final approval. 3 4 Commissioner Gordon asked if the Town of Carrboro was in agreement with the criteria. 5 Lucinda Munger said that the Town Manager would prefer that the Board of County 6 Commissioners vote on this first, but staff has not heard of any problems or objections. 7 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to a grammatical change on page 4. He 8 suggested referring to vision plans instead of planning tools. 9 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to "site conditions, allowances, and constraints" 10 and said to write out what C and A mean. 11 The Board agreed with the suggested changes. 12 Commissioner Gordon said that she does not feel the need to add brown field vs. green 13 field and Commissioner Jacobs said that in his mind it means that the County is weighing those 14 two values as one of the decision points. 15 Commissioner Gordon said that it would be all right. 16 17 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger seconded by Commissioner Jacobs 18 to: 19 1. Approve the attached Southern Branch Library Locational Criteria; and 20 2. Authorize the Chair to send a letter to the Town of Carrboro that: 21 a. Transmits the Board-approved locational and site selection criteria to the 22 Town, with changes and 23 b. Requests that the Town initiate public solicitation and review of properties for the 24 southern branch of the Orange County library property based on the approved criteria. 25 26 Commissioner Gordon said that there is nothing about costs of construction. It might 27 cost more to construct something on a brown field. She suggested saying something about 28 costs. 29 Frank Clifton suggested adding the words "cost per site acquisition and construction." 30 Commissioner Gordon agreed. 31 Commissioner Hemminger and Commissioner Jacobs agreed with this amendment. 32 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 33 34 Chair Pelissier suggested that the letter ask Carrboro how to share costs for permits 35 and expediting rezoning. She suggested including this in the correspondence to Carrboro. She 36 would also like the correspondence to provide some explanation of the responses to the 37 suggestions. This is a way to acknowledge that the County understood the comments and the 38 concerns are going to be addressed. 39 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs 40 to accept the friendly amendment made by Chair Pelissier. 41 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 42 43 b. Burlington-Graham and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan 44 Planning Organization Boundaries 45 The Board considered receiving information, providing direction, and/or a 46 recommendation on Metropolitan Planning Organization Boundaries within Orange County 47 pending the September 20, 2012 discussion with the City of Mebane. 48 Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tom Altieri introduced Abigaile Pittman, 49 Transportation and Land Use Planner. He made reference to the background information in the 50 agenda packet. The overview of MPOs and RPOs began on page 8 of the packet. He then