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1 APPROVED APRIL 19 , 1988 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MARCH 15, 1988 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on March 15, 1988 at 7: 30 p.m. in the courtroom of the old Post Office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall, and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr. , Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Recreation and Parks Director Mary Anne Black, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Director Ken Chavious, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Tax Assessor Kermit Lloyd, Aging Director Jerry Passmore, Health Director Dan Reimer and Recreation and Parks District Supervisor Wilma Tinney. A. BOARD AND MANAGERS COMMENTS Commissioner Carey indicated the Board has been getting a lot of feedback on the greenway aspect of the Recreation and Parks Plan. He is aware that the matter is now before the Planning Board and normally would like to wait until that Board makes a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners on an issue of this importance but the feedback indicates that the public is sufficiently enough confused and concerned about the public access greenways that are proposed that that aspect of the Plan is obscuring the entire Recreation and Parks Plan. He feels it important that the Board of Commissioners give the Planning Board some direction on the considerations they are likely to make at their next meeting. He proposed that the Board add a discussion on the greenways to the agenda and consider deleting that portion from the Plan until all the questions can be answered adequately. That aspect of the plan is going to overshadow the entire Plan and cause some of the worthwhile elements to be scuttled because of their association with the greenways. The Board agreed to add to the agenda as G- 7 a discussion on the proposed public access greenways. Manager Link made a correction on item F1 - Budget Amendments which is reflected in the approval of that item. The recommendation for item F2 was omitted from the abstract and should indicate that the manager does recommend approval for the final RSVP application. Link announced that a public hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Superior Courtroom in the Orange County Courthouse on the Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan. B. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1. Matters on the Printed Agenda None 2 . Matters not on the Printed Agenda None C. MINUTES NONE PUBLIC CHARGE Chair Shirley E. Marshall read the public charge.