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APPROVED 12/1/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> November 6, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, <br /> November 6, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Barry Jacobs and Commissioners Moses <br /> Carey, Jr., Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Mike Nelson <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff <br /> members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> There was a change in the agenda to have the Board of County Commissioners' and <br /> Manager's comments at the beginning. <br /> Chair Jacobs said there were several additional materials at their places. The aqua <br /> sheet was the Orange County Water Supply Reservoir Water Levels. The white sheet was a <br /> letter from the Tobacco Trust Fund Commission informing the Board that they have awarded a <br /> $479,000 grant to Orange County for the Piedmont Value-Added Shared Use Food and <br /> Agricultural Processing Center. The beige sheet was a news release for Applications for <br /> Heating Assistance that will be taken in November by Social Services. There was a handout <br /> (white) from the N.C. Responsible Animal Owners Alliance relating to item 6-a, Proposed <br /> Animal Ordinance Amendment Restricting the Tethering of Dogs. The purple sheet related to <br /> item 6-b, the Comprehensive Plan Update Phase II, and was from Commissioner Gordon. The <br /> light blue sheet related to item 6-d, the Legal Advertisement for the Quarterly Public Hearing <br /> on November 24, 2008. The photographs went with item 3-c, Update on the Stillhouse Creek <br /> Water Quality Grant Project. The salmon sheet related to item 4-g, a Resolution Supporting <br /> Orange County School Board Reconsideration of Rental Fee for KidScope at Hillsborough <br /> Elementary. The orange handout related to item 4-I, Approval of BOCC Retreat Process. The <br /> tan sheet related to item 4-m, the Loan Subordination Request from the Chrysalis Foundation. <br /> The yellow sheet related to item 4-p, a Contract Approval for the Construction Manager at Risk <br /> Services for Hillsborough Commons, and is from Commissioner Gordon; it shows the lease <br /> and construction cost figures for Hillsborough Commons given to the Board in March 2007. <br /> There was a document (white) that related to item 4-p, Contract Approval: Construction <br /> Manager at Risk Services for Hillsborough Commons. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br />