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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 16, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. - ~q _ <br />SUBJECT: Initial Review of Proposed Chatham/Oran a Task Forces <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Commissioners, Planning, <br />ERCD <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Task Force Processes <br />(Charge and Composition) <br />2. Minutes of Orange-Chatham <br />Meetings <br />3. 3/31/08 Assembly of Governments <br />Meeting Minutes <br />4. 8/27/08 Jordan Lake Collaboration <br />Working Group Manager's Meeting <br />Summary Memo <br />This item was delayed from the <br />Board's June 24, 2008, August 19, <br />2008, and September 2, 2008 <br />meetings due to time constraints. <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Laura Blackmon, 245-2300 <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2575 <br />David Stancil, 245-2590 <br />PURPOSE: To review potential processes, including proposed charge and composition, to <br />establish three new Chatham/Orange Task Forces and, following any revisions, authorize staff <br />to forward the task force proposals to the other jurisdictions for approval and respective <br />appointments. <br />BACKGROUND: During the last year, representatives from Orange County, Chapel Hill, and <br />Carrboro met on several occasions with colleagues from Chatham County to discuss shared <br />interests and concerns. The issues discussed generally fall into three categories: water <br />supply/watershed protection, transportation planning/public transportation, and joint planning. <br />Information from these discussions was shared at the March 31, 2008 Assembly of <br />Governments (AOG) meeting. Based on that meeting, staff was asked to develop a proposed <br />process with a charge and composition for three task forces to address the topical areas <br />identified above. These task force processes are attached, and the Board is asked to review <br />the charge and composition for each, and provide any comments or revisions. The Board is <br />also asked to authorize staff to 1) examine the potential County staff resources needed to <br />participate in these efforts, and 2) forward the proposed task force summaries to the other <br />jurisdictions for approval and respective appointments. Following action by the other <br />