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Craig Benedict said that the Planning Board decided an six months in order to address any amendments that may come forward from the study group. Commissioner Jacobs said that he wants to amend the resolution to reflect four months instead of six months, because this is a tool that should be used sparingly and precisely. Commissioner Jacobs asked what happens if Orange County applies the moratorium differently than Carrboro. Geof Gledhill said that Carrboro would have to decide whether it wants to concur. If Carrboro does not concur, then there is no moratorium. PUBLIC COMMENT: Omar Zinn said that he is a lifetime resident of Chapel Hill, a local builder in Chapel Hill and in Carrboro, and he is intimately involved in this issue. He said that his project is Claremont, and there are several projects that have been affected by this moratorium. He said that Claremont Phase II is in CUP review. He said that his project and a couple of other projects have been on hold and nothing has happened since March. As it stands now, the way that the moratorium is written, any new ordinance changes can be retroactively applied to his projects. He wants to make sure that any changes in the moratorium will not affect him and will not be retroactively applied to ongoing projects. Commissioner Gordon asked what has happened in between the time Carrboro passed this resolution and Geof Gledhill said that there is no reason in the resolution to communicate that the moratorium is in effect yet. He believes that the work that Carrboro wants the moratorium for is underway. A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve the resolution, which is incorporated by reference, to extend the moratorium for four months to end the same time as indicated by the Town of Carrboro (October 26t") and that the same standards be adopted for purposes of simplicity. Commissioner Gordon said that this is not in accord with the Planning Board's recommendation. Geof Gledhill said that the Planning Board recommendation goes beyond what was asked. He said that the inconsistencies in the time period will have to be weighed in by the Attorneys. Commissioner Nelson said that he will vote for the motion, but he has some misgivings. His preference would be not to have the new ordinances apply to projects that are already in the pipeline. He thinks that this is a fairness issue. VOTE: Ayes, 4; No, 1 (Commissioner Gordon) g, Potential Policy Regarding a Requirement that County Department Heads Reside Within the County The Board considered providing direction to the County Manager regarding the development of a potential policy requiring newly hired County department heads to reside within the County. Laura Blackmon said that one of the County Commissioners asked this to be placed on the agenda. The staff did research an this with other counties. She said that she is personally not in favor of this type of restriction. There are some potential affordability issues, potential conflicts with moving up in the organization, and others. She would suggest offering moving expenses or other incentives as opposed to a policy. Commissioner Jacobs indicated that he had suggested this policy but now he thought that some of the points the Manager made are persuasive and Commissioner Foushee was further persuasive when he asked her opinion. He suggested coming back with a mare proactive way to get employees to live here and to state a strong preference that people live here.