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I <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 3 ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> 4 SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 <br /> 5 7:30 p.m. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session for an Assembly of <br /> 8 Governments meeting on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 7:30 p.m., at the Southern <br /> 9 Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br /> 10 <br /> I I COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br /> 12 Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Stephen Halkiotis <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Margaret Brown <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John Link, Assistant County Managers <br /> 16 Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S, Baker (All other staff members <br /> 17 will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 18 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Kevin C. Foy and <br /> 19 Members Ed Harrison, Cam Hill, Mark Kleinschmidt, Jim Ward, and Bill Strom, <br /> 20 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Sally Greene, Dorothy Verkerk <br /> 21 and Edith Wiggins <br /> 22 CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Alex Zaffron, <br /> 23 and Members Joal Hall Broun, Jacquelyn Gist, and Diana McDuffee <br /> 24 CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Mike Nelson and <br /> 25 Members Mark Chilton and John Herrerra <br /> 26 HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: <br /> 27 HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mayor Joe Phelps and Members <br /> 28 Michael Gering, Eric Hallman, Evelyn Lloyd, Frances Dancey, and Brian Lowen <br /> 29 <br /> .30 <br /> 31 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br /> 32 PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Chair Jacobs said they need to find ways to improve turnout of elected officials at these joint <br /> 36 meetings. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 1. Briefing on Downtown Economic Development Initiative (Town of Chapel Hill) <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Mayor Foy said that as of July 1, 2004 the Downtown Chapel Hill Economic Development <br /> 42 Corporation has taken its office. In the last few years, the Town of Chapel Hill has looked at <br /> 43 how the downtown area is doing and how it can continue to be interesting. He thought it would <br /> 44 be helpful for the other jurisdictions to hear the ideas. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal Horton said that Nick Didow is the new interim Executive <br /> 47 Director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Economic Development Commission, He will be making a <br /> 48 presentation. Chris Berndt will describe the Economic Development initiative that the Council <br /> 49 has undertaken, that could lead to the development of parking lots two and five. He said that, <br /> 50 contrary to the headlines in the News and Observer today, it is not fast-tracked, but it is <br /> 51 following the normal pace. <br />