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8 <br /> 1 The Board approved a recommendation to the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> 2 (NCDOT), and the North Carolina Board of Transportation (NC BOT) two petitions to add one <br /> 3 (1) subdivision road in Triple Crown Estates Subdivision, and one (1) industrial access road to <br /> 4 the State Maintained Secondary Road System. <br /> 5 L Buckhorn Mebane Sewer Phase 2 Extension Project Easements & Pump Station <br /> 6 Property <br /> 7 The Board: 1. Authorized the Chair to sign easement and real estate offer/closing documents on <br /> 8 behalf of the Board; 2. Authorized the payment of negotiated easement and real estate <br /> 9 purchase value to individual property owners, LLC's, etc.; and 3. Authorized the County <br /> 10 Attorney's office to proceed with legal acquisition of utility easements and/or real estate with <br /> 11 court filing, if necessary. <br /> 12 j. Amending the County Manager's Employment Contract <br /> 13 The Board amended the County Manager's employment contract, increasing the costs <br /> 14 associated with the Manager's compensation by approximately eight thousand dollars ($8,000) <br /> 15 plus other minor associated costs related to benefits, to be paid an annualized salary of <br /> 16 $168,000.00. <br /> 17 k. Right-of-Way Agreements for Duke Energy for the Provision of Electrical Service <br /> 18 to Electric Vehicle Charging Stations <br /> 19 The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign Right-of-Way Agreements with Duke <br /> 20 Energy for the purpose of providing electrical service to Brightfield electric vehicle charging <br /> 21 stations to be built next to the Skills Development Center and the Farmers Market Pavilion. <br /> 22 I. Change in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2015 <br /> 23 The Board changed the County Commissioners' regular meeting calendar for 2015 to add a <br /> 24 Joint Planning Area (JPA) Public Hearing on March 26, 2015 at 7:OOpm with the Towns of <br /> 25 Chapel Hill and Carrboro prior to the joint meeting between Orange County BOCC and the <br /> 26 Town of Chapel Hill at Southern Human Services Center, 2501 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill; <br /> 27 and to add a BOCC Work Session on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted <br /> 28 Building, 300 West Tryon St, in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda <br /> 31 h. Revised Memorandum of Agreement between the NC Sedimentation Control <br /> 32 Commission and Orange County <br /> 33 The Board considered approving revisions to the current Memorandum of Agreement <br /> 34 (MOA) between the Sedimentation Control Commission (SCC) and Orange County for the <br /> 35 purpose of clarifying roles in the enforcement of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of <br /> 36 1973, N.C. General Statute Chapter 113A, Article 4 and any rules adopted pursuant to the Act <br /> 37 and authorize the Chair to sign the agreement. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Commissioner Price said she pulled this to bring attention to what this agreement does, <br /> 40 and to let the public know that the Board has no choice in this matter. She said the agreement <br /> 41 has to be signed, or money is lost. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br /> 44 approve the revisions to the current Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the <br /> 45 Sedimentation Control Commission (SCC) and Orange County for the purpose of clarifying roles <br /> 46 in the enforcement of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973, N.C. General Statute <br /> 47 Chapter 113A, Article 4 and any rules adopted pursuant to the Act and authorize the Chair to <br /> 48 sign the agreement. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Commissioner Dorosin said he echoes Commissioner Price's comment. He said this <br /> 51 change is being made to sanctify continued plans for fracking in this state, and this is the state <br />