Agenda - 03-01-2016 - 6-a - Minutes

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3 1 Lake area and has had the privilege to take tours of many of the Orange County parks. She 2 said Chapel Hill recently integrated their boards and commissions and reduced them, and this 3 relates to the County at large. She said bringing greenways into the mix was a good idea, and 4 noted the biggest pressure in Chapel Hill is that all of the facilities are heavily used and 5 overtaxed. She said there are a lot of Orange County children that come into the Chapel Hill 6 recreation summer programs, and these children are always accommodated whenever 7 possible. She said there are children with special needs as well, and a park in the southern 8 area of Chapel Hill is being expanded to be a full accessibility park. She said as a 9 representative of the County, she is most concerned with building fully accessible parks. 10 Mary Musacchia said the Legion Road park area has recently received offers from 11 private developers, and Chapel Hill was unable to meet the market price. She is paying 12 attention to that area, since there is a need for new park properties. 13 Commissioner Jacobs said there is a program through the Department of Social 14 Services (DSS) to help subsidize children in recreation programs. 15 Commissioner Jacobs said DSS Director Nancy Coston is here tonight. 16 Mary Musacchia said the earlier children register, the better. 17 18 • Mebane Planning Board: Thomas Fenske 19 Thomas Fenske said there has not been very much activity in the Orange County area 20 of Mebane. He said the Meadows subdivision, which straddles the county line, is re-zoning to 21 increase density. He said there is only a small part of Mebane in Orange County, but he is here 22 to serve. 23 Chair McKee referred to the Meadows project, and asked if there was any discussion 24 about a buffer area on Ben Wilson Road, given that the property on the eastern side is 25 commercial. 26 Thomas Fenske said there was discussion about traffic, but no concerns were raised 27 regarding the commercial property. 28 Commissioner Jacobs said he spoke to the Clerk regarding boards that failed to send 29 representatives this evening, noting that some did not respond to emails. He suggested 30 following up with phone calls next year. He said it is valuable to have face-to-face time with 31 these representatives. 32 33 2. County Commissioners — Boards and Commissions —Annual Work Plans/Reports 34 35 PURPOSE: To provide feedback and/or direction on the list of boards and commissions' annual 36 work plans/reports with their Chairs (or representatives) in attendance. 37 38 BACKGROUND: In the past, as part of the Board of Commissioners' annual planning and goal 39 setting retreats, the Board requested and reviewed/provided feedback on annual 40 summaries/work plans from the County's internal advisory boards and commissions. This 41 information provided the Board with a yearly overview of the boards and commissions and their 42 projected goals for the upcoming year. This particular process ended in 2007. The Board 43 decided at its April 13, 2010 meeting to reinstate this process independent of the Board's 44 annual retreats. 45 46 Boards and their representatives below: 47 • ABC Board: 48 Presentation made to the BOCC on February 2 49 50 Chair McKee moved the Advisory Board on Aging to be first in the line up of reports.