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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - Agenda
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-a - Older Americans Month Proclamation
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-b - Resolution Calling for the General Assembly To Fully Fund North Carolina Public Schools.
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-c - March 15, 2016 Primary Election Report
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-d - Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 4-e - Presentation of Manager’s Recommended Fiscal Year 2016-17 Annual Operating Budget and FY 2016-21 Capital Investment Plan
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-a - Minutes
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-b - Motor Vehicle Property Tax Releases Refunds
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-c - Property Tax Releases Refunds
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-d - Authorize the Use of a Cooperative Purchasing Program to Purchase a Replacement Ambulance for Orange County Emergency Services
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-e - Policy Priorities for 2016
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-f - Voluntary Annexation Petition – Sportsplex Field House Property
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-g - Resolution to Endorse Orange County’s Priority Transportation Project Lists for the DCHC MPO, TARPO, and B-G MPO
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-h - Rogers Road Sewer Project – Granting Easement across County-Owned Property (Animal Services)
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-i - Request for Road Additions to the State Maintained Secondary Road System
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 5-j - Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment Outlines and Schedules for 4 Proposed Text Amendments
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 6-a - Public Hearing on General Obligation Bond Orders and Formal Approval of Bond Referenda and Ballot Questions
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 6-b - Approval of 2016 - 2017 HOME Program Design for Consolidated Plan – Annual Action Plan Update
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 7-a - Bond Education Committee Appointments and Additional Actions
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Agenda - 05-05-2016 - 8-a - FY 2015-16 Third Quarter General Fund Financial Report
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-1 - Information Item - April 19, 2016 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-2 - Information Item - Tax Collector’s Report- Numerical Analysis
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-3 - Information Item - Tax Collector’s Report- Measure of Enforced Collections
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-4 - Information Item - Tax Assessor's Report - Releases Refunds under $100
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-5 - Information Item - Mebane Comp Land Development Plan
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Agenda - 05-05-2016-13-6 - Information Item - BOCC Chair Letter Regarding Petitions from April 19, 2016 Regular Meeting
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PRO-2016-007 Proclamation proclaiming May 2016 to be Older American Month, 2016-05-05 - 4a
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RES-2016-033 Resolution Calling For The General Assembly To Fully Fund North Carolina Public Schools
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RES-2016-034 Resolution approving Motor Vehicle Property Tax Releases/Refunds
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RES-2016-035 Resolution approving Property Tax Releases/Refunds
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RES-2016-036 Resolution Endorsing Orange County's Prioritized List of Transportation Projects
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RES-2016-037 Resolution Regarding Details for Bond Referenda
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RES-2016-038 Resolution Authorizing the Orange County FY 2016-2017 Home Program Design
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RES-2016-039 Resolution Authorizing the Submission of FY 2016-2017 Annual Action Plan for the FY 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan for Orange County, NC
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2 <br /> We understand that the Town of Carrboro is cooperating with Google Fiber [now Alphabet <br /> Corporation] to provide high-speed Internet connections to the Town, and parts of Chapel Hill <br /> and Orange County. Google required that the site for a small building for its hub with its <br /> computers and 120,000 BTU of air conditioners to keep it cool be on Town land. Work has <br /> begun on the chosen site, a small parcel of Town land connected to the Westwood Cemetery <br /> on Fidelity St. A number of trees have been cut down to make room for the building, which <br /> adheres closely enough to the custom-written relevant ordinance—less than 15 feet high and <br /> less than 500 square feet total—that it doesn't require a public hearing. <br /> While this plan, in the process of being implemented, puts the area on the path to high-speed <br /> connectivity, we think that other sites should be considered before work goes on. We would <br /> like the construction to pause briefly while Google and the Town of Carrboro consider putting <br /> this hub on another site. For instance, the OWASA property is very close by and it offers <br /> greater security: there is a wrought-iron fence around OWASA facilities, three fire hydrants in <br /> close proximity, back-up power, professional noise abatement, and a 24/7 staff of engineers. <br /> The OWASA Board has indicated that its campus might be an appropriate place for the relay <br /> facility—preliminary idea, worth following up. <br /> If Google takes over the site next to the cemetery, that locks up one of the last open spaces in <br /> Carrboro and puts noisy machines next to the meadow adjoining the cemetery. We think that <br /> may be a prime site for a municipal park and would hate to see that potential lost. This <br /> meadow is one of the few potential parks south of Main Street. Rushing construction without <br /> the usual public hearings would perhaps give Google an edge over its competitors, but would <br /> definitely have a negative impact on the town's environment. <br /> Judith Ferster for the Executive Committee, Orange/Chatham Sierra Club Group <br /> 919-929-6648 jferster @ncsu.edu <br /> Bob Proctor read the following comments: <br /> Carrboro's siting of Google's facility on Carrboro cemetery land, which is on Carrboro's <br /> densest block, was rushed and artificially constrained by Google for business reasons. <br /> This led to an opaque process and then to a lousy siting decision, from the perspective <br /> of the county. <br /> I am not here to raise nimby issues or to complain about the Town's faulty processes. Those <br /> are tiny matters when compared to three major issues: When I covered these three last week <br /> before OWASA, it seemed that their board members agreed on each of them. Google insists <br /> on speeding siting to dominate its chosen markets ... some areas can't feasibly be wired twice <br /> Google wants to get the jump on AT&T. <br /> The first major county issue is that the OWASA site is far more secure. We are becoming <br /> more dependent upon the internet ... say for health monitoring. Our proposed OWASA <br /> alternative site is in the center of OWASA's 24/7 manned campus, next to their employee's <br /> parking, inside fences. There are three fire hydrants there. <br /> Secondly, putting Google on the cemetery land will spoil future flexibility for transitioning that <br /> space to a park: Due to a ridge, it would be easy to screen off the meadow for quiet activities <br /> away from the graves. The construction underway is exactly where you'd want to put a parking <br /> lot for an urban park; otherwise the large stately pines on the grass would have to go. <br />
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