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Attachment 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 4 BUSINESS MEETING <br /> 5 February 20, 2024 <br /> 6 7:00 p.m. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Business Meeting on Tuesday, February <br /> 9 20, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice-Chair Sally Greene and Commissioners Amy <br /> 12 Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, Phyllis Portie-Ascott, and Anna Richards <br /> 13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford <br /> 14 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 15 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 16 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 17 appropriately below) <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Vice-Chair Greene called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. All commissioners were <br /> 20 present, except Chair Bedford. In her absence, Vice-Chair Greene led the business meeting. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 23 Vice-Chair Greene summarized the public charge in lieu of reading it. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) <br /> 26 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 27 BJ Warshaw read the following statement to the Board: <br /> 28 "I'm back to raise a few more points about your upcoming March 7th agenda item, amending <br /> 29 WASMPBA in the southern Chapel Hill ETJ. <br /> 30 Yesterday, I sent you an email detailing how Chapel Hill's current and planned stormwater <br /> 31 regulations are insufficient. I say this after attending the Chapel Hill Stormwater Staff's public <br /> 32 session last week around updating the LUMO's guidelines. As far as I could tell, current and <br /> 33 planned restrictions do not take into account the increase in rain events we're seeing today due <br /> 34 to climate change, where a 100-year event is already closer to a 1 in 25 chance of happening <br /> 35 annually. And these increases in rain events — in duration, volume, and frequency — are baked <br /> 36 into the climate crisis for decades to come. <br /> 37 Just outside the proposed WASMPBA area, there are existing housing developments, built during <br /> 38 a very different climate reality and abutting Fan Branch, Wilson, Morgan, and Obey Creeks, that <br /> 39 are near or within existing 100-year flood zones. Before the water and sewer boundaries change, <br /> 40 1 would like to see an environmental impact study. Let's determine—first—whether or not it really <br /> 41 is appropriate to develop up to 70% of mostly undeveloped woodlands, wetlands, creeks, and <br /> 42 streams. Otherwise, I worry the pressure to build bigger and denser will lead to creating the <br /> 43 Eastgates and Heritage Hills of tomorrow. <br /> 44 Chapel Hill Town Staff has argued such environmental study is unnecessary. And that it's too <br /> 45 expensive to conduct any studies without first moving the water and sewer boundary. <br /> 46 Respectfully, that's now a moot point, as Carrboro and Hillsborough have said "yes" to amending <br /> 47 the boundary. OWASA will say"yes". So, what is the rush?With support across the Towns, it now <br /> 48 seems wise to take a step back, and set up reasonable guardrails to development. The flooding <br /> 49 of future homes, the permanent destruction of natural ecologies are also expensive. <br /> 50 Yesterday, I attended the amazing Orange County Ag Summit, as did several of you. I found the <br /> 51 presentation from Amy Eckberg around our sustainability goals incredibly enlightening. Especially <br />
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