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APPROVED 6/16/2015 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS JOINT MEETING April 23, 2015 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Joint Meeting with the Town of Hillsborough Commissioners on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m., in the Whitted Building, in Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Earl McKee and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, and Bernadette Pelissier COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Penny Rich and Renee Price COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: James Bryan, Staff Attorney COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley and Assistant County Manager Cheryl Young, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and Kathleen Ferguson, Commissioners Eric Hallman, Brian Lowen, Evelyn Lloyd, and Jenn Weaver HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT: Margaret Hauth, Planning Director HILLSBOROUGH TOWN STAFF ABSENT: Town Manager, Eric Peterson Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks Chair McKee said Commissioner Price is unable to attend due to a North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) meeting, and Commissioner Rich had a conflict. Mayor Stevens recognized the meeting room, its usefulness, and the County's generosity in allowing it to be used for community matters. He said Commissioner Lloyd would be late. He said Town Manager Eric Peterson would be unable to attend tonight, and Planning Director Margaret Hauth would be attending in his place. Transportation/Transit a) Bus Circulator Routes Peter Murphy, Orange County Public Transportation Administrator, said there have been some changes made on the Hillsborough bus circulator, as of March 2, 2015. He said the staff looked at the route, the difficulty of keeping it on time, and how to improve timeliness as well as how to serve other areas. He added the changes have been successful to date, with consistent timeliness. He said some of the changes involved getting the bus out from under 1-85. He said the bus now goes to the areas north of 1-85 and then works its way around, which has saved a significant amount of time. He added that all of the same stops are being served, just in a different order. He said the number of passengers has not changed, and about one thousand riders continued to be served per month. He said after leaving the Sportsplex, the bus now goes onto Route 70, serving neighborhoods and the Food Lion there.