Agenda - 11-20-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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1 Attachment 2 1 2 DRAFT MINUTES 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 WORK SESSION 5 November 9, 2017 6 7:00 p.m. 7 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Thursday, 9 November 9, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, 10 N.C. 11 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Dorosin and Commissioners Mia 13 Burroughs, Mark Dorosin, Barry Jacobs, Mark Marcoplos, Earl McKee, Renee Price and 14 Penny Rich 15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: 16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County 18 Manager Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will 19 be identified appropriately below) 20 21 Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. 22 Chair Dorosin said he would like to add an item to the agenda for discussion: the 23 Assemblies of Governments (AOG) meeting scheduled for November 16th. He said the 24 Manager received an email request from the Town of Chapel Hill (from the Mayor via the 25 Town Manager) to postpone the AOG meeting. 26 27 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee 28 to add this item to the agenda and to add it to the beginning of the meeting. 29 30 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 31 32 Chair Dorosin said he received an email via Bonnie Hammersley from the Chapel 33 Hill Town Manager, stating that the Mayor had asked for the AOG meeting to be 34 postponed. He said the Town of Chapel Hill was not ready to discuss some of the items 35 on the draft agenda, such as the Food Council, WASMBA, and the Greene Tract. 36 Chair Dorosin said he had met with the Mayor and the Town Manager, along with 37 the County Manager, in an AOG agenda planning session about these items being on 38 the agenda. He said there were no concerns initially, so he is not sure why this is 39 happening now. He said the purpose of the meeting is to have dialogue, much like a 40 work session. 41 Commissioner Marcoplos arrived at 7:12 p.m. 42 Commissioner Rich said she contacted Town Council Member Greene once she 43 received this email. Council Member Greene said she was taken back about not talking 44 about the Food Council, since it does involve all 4 governments. 45 Commissioner Rich said the Food Council had already started developing its 46 presentation. 47 Commissioner Rich suggested having the meeting, and sending out an invitation 48 to all newly elected officials to attend as well. 49 Commissioner Burroughs said if the Town is not ready to meet, then the Board of 50 County Commissioners (BOCC) should respect that, as it sounds like there are some 51 communication issues. She recommended Chair Dorosin and Mayor Hemminger speak 52