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1 <br /> 1 Attachment 2 <br /> 2 <br /> 3 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 Work Session <br /> 6 March 19, 2015 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Tuesday, <br /> 9 March 19, 2015 at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair McKee and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, <br /> 12 Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Barry Jacobs <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County Manager <br /> 16 Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 17 appropriately below) <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. He said that Commissioner <br /> 20 Jacobs was not feeling well and would not be attending tonight. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1. BOCC External Advisory Board Appointees <br /> 23 Attended: <br /> 24 <br /> 25 • Northern Transition Area Advisory Commission <br /> 26 Amy Jeroloman is the Orange County representative to the Carrboro Northern <br /> 27 Transition Area Advisory Commission (NTACC). She reviewed the following information: <br /> 28 <br /> 29 3/19/2015 - The Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee (NTAAC), whose primary <br /> 30 purpose is to review and make recommendations about development and planning concerns in <br /> 31 the area of Orange County under the jurisdiction of Carrboro, respectfully submits the following <br /> 32 concerns and recommendations to the Orange County Board of Commissioners: <br /> 33 <br /> 34 1. Delay in appointing New Orange County Reps to the NTAAC: There is a two-step process <br /> 35 for the Orange County Rep positions to be approved. Anahid Vrana is a new applicant <br /> 36 pending review by the Commissioners. Chair review was submitted to Carrboro Town Clerk <br /> 37 on 1-4-2015. The committee still has another County representative vacancy. It is difficult <br /> 38 to get applicants. People living in the northern transition area regulated by Carrboro do not <br /> 39 understand the NTAAC's role. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 2. What exactly is the County Commissioner's review process with the Town of Carrboro <br /> 42 Board of Aldermen? An example was given of the gas pumping station that was <br /> 43 constructed last year near the Buddhist Temple off old Hwy 86. There was considerable <br /> 44 confusion about whose jurisdiction this came under since the Town of Carrboro declined to <br /> 45 have a hearing but Orange County did have a hearing. The homeowners who live closest to <br /> 46 the station were told at the hearing that their concerns would not be addressed since this <br /> 47 area is regulated by Carrboro, and it was a County hearing. This project didn't come before <br /> 48 the NTAAC, and the first notification received was the letter for the County hearing. The <br /> 49 notice was delivered only a few days before the hearing and then the hearing was <br /> 50 rescheduled to another date. Amy Jeroloman requested that as the Orange County <br />