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T. ~'XECUTIVE SESSION Motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commis- sioner Hartwell to go into executive session to discuss a property matter. VOTE : UNANIMOUS . -- ~ Motion was made by Chair Marshall., seconded by Commissioner. Willhoi~r to go back into regular session. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. J. ADJDURNMENT With no further items for the~Board to consider, Chair Shirley E. Marshal:L adjourned the meeting. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 1!5 at 7:30 in the courtroom of the old Post Office, Chapel Hill, North C+~rolina. Shirley E. Marshall, Chair Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MARCH 15, 1988 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on March 15, 1988 at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the old Post Office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT• Chair Shirley E. Marshall, and Commissioners Moses Carey, Jr., Stephen Halkiotis, John Hartwell and Don Willhoit. COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill. STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Managers William T. Laws and Albert Kittrell, Recreation and Parks Director Mary Anne Black, Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe, Deputy Finance Director Ken Chavious, Planning Director Marvin Collins, Tax Assessor Kermit Lloyd, Aging Director Jerry Passmore, Health Director Dan Reimer and Recreation and Parks District Supervisor Wilma Tinney. A. BOARD AND MANAGERS COMMENTS Commissioner Carey indicated the Board has been getting a lot of feedback on the greenway aspect of the Recreation and Parks Plan. He is aware that the matter is now before the Planning Board and normally would like to wait until that Board makes a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners on an issue of this importance but the feedback indicates that the public is sufficiently enough confused and concerned about the public access greenways that are proposed that that aspect of the Plan is obscuring the entire Recreation and Parks Plan. He feels it important that the Board of Commissioners give the Planning Board some direction on the considerations they are likely to make at their next meeting. He proposed that the Board add a discussion on the greenways to the agenda and consider deleting that portion from the Plan until all the questions can be answered adequately. That aspect of the plan is going to overshadow the entire Plan and cause some of the worthwhile elements to be scuttled because of their association with the greenways. The Board agreed to add to the agenda as G- 7 a discussion on the proposed public access greenways. Manager Link made a correction on item F1 - Budget Amendments which is reflected in the approval of that item. The recommendation for item F2 was omitted from the abstract and should