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Valerie Foushee, Vice Chair Alice Gordon <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. Mike Nelson <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Link Center Renovations Capital Project Ordinance: <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve <br /> the Link Center Renovations Capital Project Ordinance for a total project budget of$100,000 <br /> with no additional funds for FY 2008-09. <br /> Information Technology Capital Project Ordinance: <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Carey seconded by Commissioner Foushee to approve <br /> the Information Technology Capital Project Ordinance for a total project budget of$3, 326,000 <br /> with $375,000 in additional funding for FY 2008-09. <br /> Summary of Grant Project Ordinances: <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the Grant Project Ordinances. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that at the work session, he would like to talk about next <br /> year's retreat because the retreat is the beginning of the budget process. Chair Jacobs said <br /> that the Board could talk about the budget process at the work session also. <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the Board normally holds a retreat in January and that is too <br /> late to start talking about the budget. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that the retreat should be structured so that new members can <br /> participate in the retreat process. <br /> Commissioner Carey said that at one time the County Commissioners did have the <br /> retreat early enough to adopt Board of County Commissioners goals in March. This is what the <br /> Manager used to develop the recommended budget. <br /> b. Proposed Final Draft Eno EDD Area Small Area Plan <br /> The Board considered adoption of the Eno EDD Area Small Area Plan. <br /> Perdita Holtz said that this item is to consider adoption of this plan. There were several <br /> comments made at the QPH on May 19th, and in response, staff made three main revisions. <br /> First of all, there was a reserve area for utility planning purposes to the southwest of the focus <br /> area. This has been removed from all of the maps and the text. Secondly, the Durham Urban <br /> Growth Area Boundary was added to all of the maps. Thirdly, the City of Durham's existing <br /> water and sewer and annexation policies were added more prominently to the plan. The <br /> Planning Board's recommendation was approval with several comments on page 3 of the <br /> abstract. Staff has made comments and recommendations to those Planning Board comments, <br /> which are included on Attachment 3. Administration recommends that the Board give staff <br /> direction regarding the Planning Board comments, adopt the small area plan, incorporate any <br />