Agenda 09-03-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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5 1 the possible purchase of 13 acres from Eric Knight at the corner of Highway 54 and 2 Mebane Oaks Road for the potential for a MST hub. He said in August 2016, OWASA 3 approved conditions for the land use for routing of the trail on its property. He said there 4 were a few provisions in the agreement that will prohibit the trail from going across property 5 that adjoins the property being pursued for purchase. He said the first provision from 6 OWASA is that the trail shall be 50 feet from full pull reservoir, which is based on the 7 Jordan Lake Watershed rules. He said there are areas of this property where OWASA only 8 owns 25 feet. He said the second provision is that the trail be 50 feet from neighboring 9 property owners. He said if this cannot be achieved, the County is to work with the property 10 owner to create an agreement. He said no one has contacted his mother or aunt to discuss 11 their neighboring properties, but his aunt and his mother have told him that they will not 12 agree to any terms or conditions. He asked if the BOCC would reconsider, and not 13 proceed with the purchase of this property, as it will not be able to serve the purpose for 14 which it was purchased. 15 Paul Werner said he is opposed to Commissioner Marcoplos' proposal. He said he 16 has lived in Hillsborough for 30 years, and he has seen his property taxes only go up. He 17 said the Board should look at ways to reduce tax increases, and this is not an efficient use 18 of their taxes. 19 John Lestina said he wanted to talk about pollution issues. He said his neighbors do 20 not see this as being important, but it has been deemed critical by governments and 21 researchers for many years. He said he is supportive of Commissioner Marcoplos' 22 proposal. 23 Anna Richards said she wanted to talk about the budget process and transparency. 24 She said she is concerned that all budget amendments made by the Board of County 25 Commissioners should be available to the public up to two weeks in advance of the budget 26 adoption. 27 28 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 29 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 30 below.) 31 32 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 33 Commissioner Dorosin petitioned that staff put amendments online as the Manager 34 gets them. 35 Bonnie Hammersley said this information will be online tomorrow, and does not 36 need to be listed as a petition. 37 Commissioner Dorosin said there is information in the news about the toxicity of 38 Round Up pesticide, and he petitioned that if Orange County uses it, it should be banned. 39 He said he would also like to get a copy of Carrboro's policy. 40 Commissioner Dorosin petitioned the Board to have a conversation in the fall about 41 the process of possibly banning single-family zoning. He said a lot of jurisdictions around 42 the country are banning or have banned single-family zoning. He said single-family zoning 43 was devised to prevent African Americans from living in residential neighborhoods. He said 44 he would like to talk about this in order to ban it, as this can have an impact on housing 45 diversity, affordability, gentrification, etc. 46 Commissioner Dorosin said his amendment about the CHCCS district tax is being 47 misrepresented, and it does not mean there will be a loss of school funding. He said the 48 County funds the schools via a per pupil amount, which is the same across the County. He 49 said CHCCS has a special district tax, which brings in $20 million, which leads to each 50 student in CHCCS receiving an additional $2000 per pupil. He said his proposal is to 51 reduce the inequity, and the CHCCS should come down 1 cent, and the countywide tax