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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />DRAFT-NOT APPROVED ~'ET <br />DRAFT <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />HILLSBOROUGH TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (Item A.1) <br />AND <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />May 21, 2007 <br />7:30 p.m. <br />4 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners, Hillsborough Town Board, and the <br />Orange County Planning Board met for a Quarterly Public Hearing on Monday, May 21, 2007 at <br />7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. and Commissioners <br />Valerie Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoff Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, and Deputy Clerk to the <br />Board David Hunt (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Jay Bryan and Members Brian <br />Crawford, Craufurd Goodwin, Sam Lasris, Renee Price-Saunders, Sandra Johnson-Quinn, <br />Judith Wegner, and Jeffrey Schmitt <br />PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Michelle Kempinski, Joel Knight, and <br />Bernadette Pelissier <br />HILLSBOROUGH BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and Members <br />Evelyn Lloyd, Brian Lowen, Michael Gering, and Eric Hallman <br />HILLSBOROUGH BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT: Frances Dancy <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE <br />A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR <br />The meeting was called to order by Chair Carey at 7:37 pm. He noted that this is the first <br />time that a meeting has been held with these three boards in a very long time. <br />Planning Board Chair Jay Bryan welcomed everyone. <br />Mayor Tom Stevens said that he and his board were delighted to be at the table. <br />B. PUBLIC CHARGE <br />The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br />2. NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan: A citizen task force, Durham and <br />Person County representatives, and two Orange County Commissioners have spent the <br />past 10 months addressing planning issues fora 900+ acre area in the northeast corner <br />of Orange County. Issues include non-conforming, non-residential land uses, <br />traffic/access management, water quality and quantity, noise and noxious odors, and an <br />appropriate level of residential and non-residential development. The Task Force <br />