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19 1 Michael Talbert said staff is simply choosing not to spend resources on other sites until 2 this preferred site is vetted. 3 Commissioner Gordon clarified that she is not opposed to Carrboro's preference for 4 Brewer Lane. She likes Brewer Lane, but she questions what the fallback position will be if this 5 site does not work out. She said this could cause significant delay if something falls through. 6 Commissioner McKee said the fallback position would be to look for something else if 7 Brewer Lane does not work out. He said something else could surface between now and 8 February. He said a delay is possible if Brewer Lane doesn't work out, but it is better to get it 9 right than to get it fast. 10 Chair Jacobs said there is no schedule for this process, so a delay won't knock anything 11 off schedule. He said the Board can feel comfortable to see where things are once the 12 information comes back at the end of January. 13 Commissioner Price said her understanding is that this siting discussion has been going 14 on for quite some time. 15 Chair Jacobs said no schedule was ever adopted. He said this was in the CIP for a 16 certain time period but no dates or mileposts were ever set for the decision making process. 17 Lucinda Munger said funding is in the CIP for 2016-2017, and there is no specific 18 schedule at this time. 19 Chair Jacobs said sooner would be better. 20 Commissioner Price agreed. 21 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price to: 23 24 1) Receive and discuss the letters from the Town of Carrboro; 25 2) Eliminate 1128 Hillsborough Road and 401 Fidelity Street from further consideration for a 26 Southern Branch Library; and 27 3) Direct staff to conduct further Phase 1 Site Criteria Analysis for 120 Brewer Lane and provide 28 follow-up information to the Board. 29 (If the Board does direct staff to move forward with the analysis of 120 Brewer Lane as noted in 30 #3 above, staff will report back to the Board at its January 23, 2014 regular meeting. Following 31 the completion of due diligence and reporting back to the Board, staff recommends moving to 32 the "Public Phase" of the library siting process, including the Board conducting a public hearing 33 on the library siting efforts.) 34 35 PUBLIC COMMENT: 36 Nerys Levy said she fully endorsed the recommendation from the library staff. She said 37 Friends of the Carrboro Library feel that time is of the essence. 38 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 c. BOCC Rules of Procedure Revision 42 The Board considered approval of a modification to the BOCC Rules of Procedure and 43 updating the Rules of Procedure booklet. 44 Chair Jacobs said this is a reflection the Board's agreement to have more public 45 hearings on more agendas in anticipation of not having quarterly public hearings (QPH). He 46 said the public hearing component would be moved nearer to the front of the agenda to avoid 47 making residents wait. He said some Commissioners have concern about front loading the 48 agendas with public hearings. He said these public hearing meetings could be spread out over 49 the course of a year.