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APPROVED 11/7/2001 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL SESSION April 17. 2001 /D Tre Orance Count?: Board of Corn ssicne - - "s met in reguiar session on T uescay. Apni 17, 2,-01, at 5 :30 p.m. in the board room of the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the purpose of meeting with the University of North Carolina staff to hear the Universitys campus plan.. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiotis and Commissioners '.1a c are: '.'• . Ercv.n, (loses Carey, Jr., X'ce '.'. GP -dg , and Ba-r Jacobs r v COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: G=__-f--'v G!ed;`! COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Ccun. y Manage -Jch :^ M Link, Jr., Assistant County'.';anace- Rcd Visser, Assista; t to the Clerk Nano: Pac ga, a:-.d C er< to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (Al,'! ci;^;er staff members wilt be identffiled appropriately be'g:vj UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA- CHAPEL HILL STAFF: Jack P. Evans, Professor of Business Administration; Susan Ehringhaus, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel; Nancy Suttenfie €d, Vice - Chancellor of Finance and Administration; Linda Convissor, and Peter Krawchyk NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Chair Ha ?kiotis :'.'elcomed everyone and i..r^ductlons vie re made, r rtcocn � h I wn o I V IYI Y"MJI I I yr wvn In l,f1RV LIlY/1 — ti('Ih1r GL HILL Jack P. Evans made a presentation using a LCD slide projector on the big screen consisting of 59 slides. He gave some background about the planning of the Horace Williams Tract, 'There have been meetings every quarter for the past two years. He noted that the Board of Trustees had adopted camps master plan. However, the t.ork for the riorace Williams Tract is at a prelimin -ry stage and w_s o -, „ °¢n presented to the Board f ustees even in a work session.. He said that Ste consul—e- s_ _ _. ,.e_za.._s :end would not hapc r. e '�`Vr ..._d __ a I.a- tihe rnain campus. as it + nly 500 acres G.mcare^ p e£ : . � ac �,a a:. n the Horace Tract. �e g^ vim;: p.ar proposes development rc, .%'e r Es than KO, acres of the tract. He pointed out the differences in the JJR plan in 1998 and the current plan. There is additional land preservation in the current plan of more than 25% of the total land. He pointed out the rail line to the west of the parcel and said that this was a key to part of the transit solution He pointed out the Public spaces on the tract. There is a former landfill on the site that can be capped and vented, which Could Include recreation srace. T his pan of the site could be a set of socce( fields. I,..,._ s a`.so a Cner,niCal taste site He no e-d .. _. _ ._ env; ;.- onm_Intal planning was very !m,: ''art L =_'=':e:' He ,. SLmmanZed the ve PreC .,.,, ....._ eject- east, centre est. ^ l . .... _..^,. rc ec. _rg L., .: fo(resldenaai, reia'�. C +..v, c >ep CC : •n,: ;'spaces He'eemp •a =,__...re amount of time it vrou!d take to build out the Jack Evans Evans answered several clari Virg questions. He made reference to the neighbcrhocds around the property The project has been presented to the Chapel Hill Town Council, the Carrboro Board of Alderman, representatives from the school systems, and two presentations have been made I the campus community. There will be pr- _santations scheduled for anyone from any of the