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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />Attachment 1 <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br />Maple View Agricultural Center <br />January 26, 2018 <br />9:00 a.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for their annual Board retreat on Friday, <br />January 26, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Maple View Agricultural Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Mark Dorosin and Commissioners Mia <br />Burroughs, Barry Jacobs, Mark Marcoplos, Earl McKee, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br />Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker. <br />FACILITATOR: Andy Sachs, Dispute Settlement Center <br />Resource Persons: Kevin Knutson, Regional Vice President, and Francine Ramaglia, Senior <br />Manager, Management Partners; Joe Hines and Blake Hall, Timmons Group. <br />Observers — Department Directors and members of the public and news media. <br />Desired Outcomes <br />• Greater awareness of the impact of any new policies, programs, and projects upon the <br />County's budget and tax rate. <br />• Priorities for the County's FY18 -19 budget. <br />• Updated view of the potential and design challenges related to Orange County's Economic <br />Development Districts and Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. <br />• Prioritized strategies for realizing the potential of our EDDs and CITANs. <br />9:00 Convene <br />Commissioner Dorosin welcomed the attendees. He invited the County staff to raise questions <br />and participate in today's conversation. <br />Commissioner Rich asked to comment on the Board's January 23, 2018 meeting. The meeting <br />lasted past midnight. She thanked the Chair for leading a good meeting. Following up on a <br />suggestion by Commissioner Marcoplos, she said that Board members should feel free to take <br />a stretch during lengthy meetings. She thanked everyone for staying engaged in the meeting, <br />including County staff and members of the public. We moved the needle forward on every single <br />topic on the agenda, she said. Commissioner Price said it was a good meeting with good <br />agenda items, but it was unfair that people had to sit through such a long meeting or wait for so <br />long to get to the podium, especially those who came from out of town. I would prefer to <br />continue to another time a meeting that is going over time rather extending it for so long, she <br />said. <br />