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7 <br /> APPROVED 6/16/2009 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> May 5, 2009 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, May 5, <br /> 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Central Orange Senior Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Valerie P. Foushee, and Commissioners <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Pam Hemminger, Mike Nelson, Bernadette Pelissier, and <br /> Steve Yuhasz <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County <br /> Managers Willie Best and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other <br /> staff 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 /> Chair Foushee went over the items at the County Commissioners' places: <br /> - Reference sheet for item 3-b (mauve), Presentation by EDC Chair Anita Badrock on <br /> the Economic Development Commissioner's White Paper on Developing a Solar <br /> Cluster in Orange County. <br /> - Reference sheet for item 4-k (purple), Consolidated Housing Plan Annual <br /> Update/HOME Program <br /> - Change for item 4-u (blue), Changes in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2009 <br /> - Reference sheet for item 6-a (yellow), Orange County Library North Carolina Room <br /> (Local History Collection) <br /> - Floor plan for proposed library <br /> - New item 3-c (pink), Proclamation Recognizing Clerk to the Board Donna Baker and <br /> Declaring May 3 through May 9, 2009as "County Clerks Week" in Orange County <br /> - Memo from Commissioner Gordon regarding item 4-p, Approval of FY 2009-19 <br /> Recommended County Capital Investment Plan (CIP) <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Nerys Levy read a prepared statement: <br /> "My name is Nerys Levy. I am a member of the 2000, 2004, and 2007 Orange County <br /> Library Task Forces and a Friend of the Carrboro Branch Library where, as a working artist, I <br />