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3 1 Commissioner Rich petitioned that the Board request that all County departments use 2 the new logo. 3 Commissioner Gordon read her petitions as follows: 4 A. Revised petition- Posting of BOCC Agendas/Electronic Agendas 5 It would be helpful if Orange County residents, including those with older or less 6 powerful computers, could access items for the BOCC meetings in a more convenient 7 and effective manner than they can now. 8 9 1. Suggested improvements to make the agendas more user friendly include: 10 a. On the agenda face sheet, or somewhere equally convenient, allow the users 11 to click on an individual agenda item or attachment that they wish to review, 12 so that make they can jump directly to that item. 13 b. Number the pages of the agenda packet consecutively, from 1 through N, 14 where N equals the total number of pages for all of the agenda items in the 15 agenda packet. 16 17 It appeared that the Planning Board agendas had these features, but perhaps they do not. 18 However, the Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Carrboro, and DCHC-MPO do have a feature that 19 allowed the user to jump to a particular agenda item, and that is very helpful. 20 21 A. Petition — Joint Planning Agreement (JPA) 22 23 According to the terms of the JPA for Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County, certain items 24 are to be referred to the other jurisdictions for review, and comment or action, before the 25 originating jurisdiction will act. Sometimes there is a specified time limit for when a response is 26 to be sent back to the originating jurisdiction. 27 28 Whenever a JPA item is referred to Orange County, and received by Orange County staff, then 29 that item, along with all supporting materials, shall immediately (or at least within 3-5 business 30 days) be provided to all of the Commissioners for their information. It shall also be considered 31 at the earliest possible meeting of the agenda review committee, to ascertain whether it should 32 be placed on a Commissioners' agenda for review, comment or action. 33 34 Commissioner Gordon said these items vary from minor to major amendments and 35 changes. She said it would be helpful to get these for informational purposes and potential 36 action. 37 38 Commissioner Price said when the Board makes petitions to honor a person or place, 39 and that person or place is over 100 years or older she would like to petition that a resolution be 40 presented instead of a letter. 41 42 Chair Jacobs said he is following up on a previous request for an analysis of the 43 lending practices of the banks that the County deals with. He would like this information to be 44 brought back in the fall for the Board to review and make decisions on whether or not to 45 continue investing with them. 46 Chair Jacobs asked the Human Resources Director to survey other jurisdictions to find 47 out whether they require senior staff to live within their County of employment. 48 Chair Jacobs said he would like a report on fracking and what can be regulated in 49 Orange County. He asked for information on the process for permitting a fracking operation, 50 especially in watershed areas. He would like to know if the Board has any purview in this area.