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ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT DRAFT Summary of Meeting Fourteen , February 08 , 1999 Held in Orange County Southern Human Services Center , Chapel Hill , NC (Prepared by Adhir Kackar, Planner I , Orange County Planning Department) Members Present : Roy Fortmann, William Glaze , Annette Jurgelski , Loraine Kohorn, Rosalinda Lidh, Daniel Okun, Richard Pratt, Kris Price , Lee Rafalow, and Jane Sharp -MacRae . Excused Absences : Commissioner Alice Gordon Guests : R. J Beaty, News of Orange ; Ron Holdway, Environmental Health Director ; Rosemary Summers , Orange County Health Director ; Dr . Carole Crumley and Earl Fowler, County residents ; Paul Thames , County Engineer . Staff Present : , David Stancil , Director, Department of Environment and Resource Conservation ; and Adhir Kackar, Planner I . I . Call to Order Chair Loraine Kohorn, called meeting to order at 7 * 40 PM . II. Consideration of Additions of Changes to the Agenda Jane Sharp MacRae requested that the agenda be amended so that she could present information regarding the Town of Chapel Hill ' s compressed natural gas ( CNG) mobile source emissions grant . Chair Kohorn also suggested that the agenda be amended so that David Stancil could report on Dr . Crumley ' s landfill letter, and the Orange County Profile . Discussion of these issues was added as items 4 and 5 on the evening ' s agenda. III . Approval of January 11 , 1999 minutes The following changes to the minutes were approved : Dan Okun noted that there were two section IV ' s in the minutes and should be changed accordingly . Also , Okun suggested that the reference to Tim Watson, page 2 , be changed to read Jim Watson . IV. Chapel Hill ' s Mobile Source Emission Grant Jane Sharp -MacRae reported that Bill Terry and Cal Horton have prepared a mobile source emissions grant for Chapel Hill . According to Mrs . Sharp -MacRae, Chapel Hill is requesting money for 2 CNG powered Crown Victoria automobiles and a bi - fuel powered pickup truck . The vehicles will be used by the Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Police Departments . In addition the grant money will go toward the creation of a fuel station . In response to Roy Fortmann ' s question about cost sharing under the grant, Sharp-MacRae mentioned that there are two options being suggested . Under option 1 , the Town of Chapel Hill would provide $ 105 , 000 of the grant and NC DENR would provide $ 61 , 000 . Under option 2 , the Town of Chapel Hill would provide $ 130 , 400 of the grant and NC DENR would provide $ 69 , 000 .