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APPROVED 4/21/2015 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Work Session March 19, 2015 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Tuesday, March 19, 2015 at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough, N.C. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair McKee and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Barry Jacobs COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Assistant County Manager Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below) Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. He said that Commissioner Jacobs was not feeling well and would not be attending tonight. 1. BOCC External Advisory Board Appointees Attended: ■ Northern Transition Area Advisory Commission Amy Jeroloman is the Orange County representative to the Carrboro Northern Transition Area Advisory Commission (NTACC). She reviewed the following information: 3/19/2015 - The Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee (NTAAC), whose primary purpose is to review and make recommendations about development and planning concerns in the area of Orange County under the jurisdiction of Carrboro, respectfully submits the following concerns and recommendations to the Orange County Board of Commissioners: 1. Delay in appointinq New Oranqe County Reps to the NTAAC: There is a two-step process for the Orange County Rep positions to be approved. Anahid Vrana is a new applicant pending review by the Commissioners. Chair review was submitted to Carrboro Town Clerk on 1-4-2015. The committee still has another County representative vacancy. It is difficult to get applicants. People living in the northern transition area regulated by Carrboro do not understand the NTAAC's role. 2. What exactly is the County Commissioner's review process with the Town of Carrboro Board ofAldermen? An example was given of the gas pumping station that was constructed last year near the Buddhist Temple off old Hwy 86. There was considerable confusion about whose jurisdiction this came under since the Town of Carrboro declined to have a hearing but Orange County did have a hearing. The homeowners who live closest to the station were told at the hearing that their concerns would not be addressed since this area is regulated by Carrboro, and it was a County hearing. This project didn't come before the NTAAC, and the first notification received was the letter for the County hearing. The notice was delivered only a few days before the hearing and then the hearing was