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1 <br />1 <br />Attachment 1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />DRAFTMINUTES <br />4 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />6 <br />October 21, 2014 <br />7 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br />10 <br />October 21, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, inChapel Hill, N.C. <br />11 <br />12 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT <br />: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br />13 <br />Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />14 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT <br />: <br />15 <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT <br />: John Roberts <br />16 <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT <br />: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County <br />17 <br />Managers Clarence Grier, Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br />18 <br />members will be identified appropriately below) <br />19 <br />20 <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />21 <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />22 <br />23 <br />Chair Jacobs call the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br />24 <br />25 <br />1.Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />26 <br />Chair Jacobs reviewed the following list of items at the Commissioner’s places: <br />27 <br />-PowerPoint–Item 7C-Central and Rural Orange County Five-Year Bus Service <br />28 <br />Expansion Program –Orange Public Transportation <br />29 <br />-PowerPoint -Item 7D-Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application –Pleasant Green <br />30 <br />Woods Phase IV <br />31 <br />-PowerPoint -Item 7E-Major Subdivision Preliminary Plat Application –Stroud’s Creek <br />32 <br />33 <br />PUBLICCHARGE <br />34 <br />The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />35 <br />36 <br />2.Public Comments <br />37 <br />a.Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />38 <br />Don O’Learysaid he wanted to give some words of encouragement about what can be <br />39 <br />done about fluoride. He read a portion of a document from the state assembly, and he said the <br />40 <br />Board of County Commissioners has authority over water departments and canrevoke their <br />41 <br />licensing if they put drugs like fluoride in the water. <br />42 <br />43 <br />b. <br />Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />44 <br />(These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br />45 <br />below.) <br />46 <br />47 <br />3.Petitions by Board Members <br />48 <br />Commissioner Pelissier petitioned fora presentation by staff regardingalternatives to <br />49 <br />septic systems onsitesor on lots. She would like to see options that allow more clustering and <br />50 <br />more open space. <br /> <br />