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U <br />1 DRAFT <br />2 <br />3 MINUTES <br />4 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 REGULAR MEETING <br />6 April 15, 2008 <br />7 7:30 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 <br />11 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />12 <br />13 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br />14 Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br />15 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />16 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />17 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br />18 Managers Willie Best, Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff <br />19 members will be identified appropriately below). <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br />23 AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />24 <br />25 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />26 Chair Jacobs went over the items at the County Commissioners' places. The packet <br />27 was from John Delconte. The yellow sheet was an additional item, 3 -a1 concerning the <br />28 Recognition of Jay Bryan and Jean Earnhardt for their work to obtain North Carolina Scenic <br />29 Byway designation for the Scots -Welsh Scenic Byway, which the majority of the Board agreed <br />30 to add to the agenda. There was a PowerPoint for item 6-e, related to the development. There <br />31 was also a letter from Margo Pinkerton related to the Whitted Building. <br />32 <br />33 PUBLIC CHARGE <br />34 <br />35 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />36 <br />37 2. Public Comments <br />38 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />39 Tinka Jordy read a prepared statement: <br />40 "Hello. My name is Tinka Jordy. I am a professional artist and Chair of the Hillsborough <br />41 Arts Council. I am here in support of using the Whitted building as a cultural center for <br />42 Hillsborough and northern Orange County. I'm speaking on behalf of a Steering Committee <br />43 that arose from an Art Summit that the Arts Council hosted in December of last year, also <br />44 known as the Cultural Center Committee. Over 70 people arrived at 8:30 on a Saturday <br />45 morning during the Christmas season to envision what the Town of Hillsborough's cultural life <br />46 could be like five years from now. This is the vision statement the group chose: <br />47 Our vision for Hillsborough by 2013 is to reach and serve every member of our <br />48 community by providing opportunities for expression, appreciation and participation with the arts <br />49 that will appeal to and engage members of the local and global community. <br />