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APPROVED DECEMBER 1. 1987 1 <br /> MINUTES <br /> JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br /> AND <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> OCTOBER 14, 1987 <br /> A Joint meeting was held by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, <br /> the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and the <br /> Orange County Planning Board on October 14, 1987 at 7:30 p . at the <br /> Culbreth Junior High School cafeteria, Chapel Hill, North.mCarolina Gfor <br /> the purpose of holding a public hearing on the proposed Joint Planning <br /> Agreement. <br /> BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Chair Shirley E. Marshall and Commissioners <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. , Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Pro Tem William Thorpe and <br /> Council Members Jonathan Howes, R. D. Smith, David Godschalk, Arthur <br /> Werner and Julie Andresen. <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN Mayor James Porto and Aldermen Randy <br /> Marshall, John Boone, Hillard Caldwell, Judith Wegner, Tom Gurganus and <br /> Zona Norwood. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD: Chair Barry Jacobs and members Dan <br /> Eddleman, Mike Lewis, Betty Margison, Sharlene Pilkey, Prince Taylor and <br /> Steve Yuhasz. <br /> STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Albert Kittrell, Clerk to the <br /> Board Beverly A. Blythe, Administrative Secretary <br /> Planning Director Marvin Collins, Planner's Gene Bell, Greg Szk a <br /> Emily Crudup. g ymi and <br /> A. BOARD COMMENTS <br /> Chair Marshall made opening remarks. She stated that the purpose of <br /> the public hearing is to discuss the Joint Planning Agreement as <br /> recommended to Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County by the <br /> Intergovernmental Work Group. The agreement is the culmination of twelve <br /> years of work and addresses changes in planning authority given to <br /> counties by the State Legislature in 1973 . It is the first cooperative <br /> approach to this subject in the state. Chair Marshall then opened the <br /> floor for Board comments. <br /> Mayor Pro Tem William Thorpe commented that the process for adopting <br /> joint planning had been a long one and that David Godschalk had been the <br /> "spokesperson" for the Chapel Hill Town Council. <br /> John Boone, Carrboro Board of Aldermen, commented on the long <br /> process, noting that Judith Wegner, Mayor Porto, and Tom Gurganus had <br /> been important contributors in the process for Carrboro. <br /> Commissioner Willhoit stated that with the jurisdictions on the verge <br />