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APPROVED 9/1/2015 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> June 16, 2015 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June <br /> 16, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair McKee and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, <br /> Mark Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley and Clerk to the Board <br /> Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair McKee called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to <br /> approve moving Item 7b before Item 7a. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Chair McKee noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br /> - PowerPoint slides for item 5-a — Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment <br /> Impervious Surface Regulations <br /> - pink sheet— memorandum for item 5-a <br /> -white sheets —Year to Date Budget Summary - revised information for item 6-c <br /> - PowerPoint slides for item 8a — Sustainability and Environmental Responsibility in Orange <br /> County <br /> - blue sheet— printed email and attached map for item 11-b <br /> - aerial view map - Information Item - Potential Southern Branch Library <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Lydia Wegman, Deputy Chair of the Commission for the Environment (CFE) of Orange <br /> County, read the following memorandum sent from the CFE to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners: <br /> "The CFE is concerned about the preliminary decision by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners (BOCC) to restrict the planned 2016 bond referendum to funding for school <br /> improvements and expansion. In particular, the CFE believes the BOCC should have <br /> proceeded with the process discussed at the November 19, 2014 Assembly of Governments <br /> meeting, which would have provided an opportunity for the BOCC to hear from the public, <br />