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BARRYJACOBS, CHAIR <br />EARL MCKEE, VICE CHAIR <br />MARK DOROSIN <br />ALICE M. GORDON <br />BERNADET7E PELISSIER <br />RENEE PRICE <br />PENNY RICH <br />June 10, 2014 <br />Dear Commissioners, <br />INFORMATION ITEM <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />At the Board's June 3, 2014 regular meeting, petitions were brought forth which were reviewed by the Chair /Vice <br />Chair /Manager Agenda team. The petitions and responses are listed below: <br />1) Review and consider a request that the County make efforts to reduce /baffle /eliminate chiller noise at Whitted. <br />Response: Sound blankets were installed at on Wednesday, June 4th providing significant improvements <br />in diminishing the sounds of the chiller. <br />2) Review and consider a request by Commissioner Gordon that BOCC electronic agendas be formatted like the <br />Planning Board agendas, with each agenda item posted separately instead of as a single document, being able <br />to print individual documents, and items having page numbers. <br />Response: Staff notes that BOCC and Planning Board electronic agendas are formatted similarly - both <br />are posted as single documents, both allow the printing of a subset of the single document (an individual <br />agenda item), and both include page numbers. Staff is willing to meet with Board members to <br />review /discuss. <br />3) Review and consider a request by Commissioner Pelissier regarding a letter to the Town of Chapel Hill in <br />reference to affordable housing. <br />Response: The Clerk re -sent the letter to the Town Manager and Mayor of Chapel Hill. <br />4) Review and consider a request from Commissioner Jacobs for County staff to pursue information from <br />other governments on ordinances, approval processes, etc., relate to solar facilities. <br />Response: Staff will review this request and bring back information no later than October 2014. <br />5) Review and consider a request by Commissioner Dorosin to pursue Board discussion on the nomination <br />process for potential Board appointees to advisory boards /commissions and on appointees serving on <br />more than one advisory board. <br />Response: Staff to plan for Board discussion after seating of new Board members in December <br />2014. <br />This letter will be provided as an Information Item on the June 17, 2014 agenda for public information. <br />Best, <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />