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APPROVED 5115101 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />February 7, 2001 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Wednesday, February 7, <br />2001 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Stephen H. Halkiatis and Commissioners <br />Margaret W. Brawn, Moses Carey, Jr., Alice M. Gordon, and Barry Jacobs <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John M. Link, Jr., Assistant County Manager <br />Rod Visser and Clerk to the Board Beverly A. Blythe (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />1. ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA <br />The Board agreed to add item 8b to consider four changes in the County Commissioners' <br />regular meeting calendar for the year 2001. <br />The Board also agreed to add to this agenda a Closed Session Pursuant to GS § 143- <br />318.11(a)(3) "to consult with an attorney retained by the Board in order to preserve the attorney-client <br />privilege between the attorney and the Board" in the case of Orange County versus CP&L. <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Halkiotis read the public charge. <br />2. CITIZEN & AUDIENCE COMMENTS <br />a. Matters not an the Printed Agenda <br />Doug Zabor, representing the Lake Forest Association in Chapel Hill, presented a petition <br />to the Board to ask for the Commissioners to waive an Orange County Erosion Control fee. He said <br />that the Lake Forest Association owns Eastwood Lake in north Chapel Hill. This fee will be placed on <br />the Lake Forest Association's effort to restore their 48-acre lake. This fee would represent around <br />$21,000. The Lake Forest Association is a geographically defined, non-profit, homeowner's <br />association of 328 homes - 48 homes an the lakefront and the rest scattered around. He said that the <br />lake was sick and dying. Since the last dredging in 1985, the association estimates that Eastwood <br />Lake has accumulated from 50-80,000 cubic yards of siltation from upstream developments, all <br />supposedly under the watchful eye of the erosion management group to protect downstream <br />neighbors. He said that this portion of land is now designated as wetlands, due to the buildup of <br />siltation. The association's plan this summer is to remove about 50,000 cubic yards, which will cast <br />the neighborhood 1.2 million dollars. Payment from the residents is voluntary. He said that they were <br />going to remove siltation that was caused by non-Lake Forest sources and should not have to pay the <br />fee. There will be no revenue created out of this. He thinks it is quite ironic to have to pay into an <br />erosion program, the failure of which has caused their problem in the first place. The association has <br />a restoration engineer, has gained approval from the Corp of Engineers and from all of the state <br />agencies, and has obtained a special use permit from the Town of Chapel Hill. He also included the <br />Statement of Justification and Town Council Resolution from the Town of Chapel Hill. This request <br />was referred to the County Manager for a report and a recommendation. <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda (These matters were considered as the Board addressed <br />the items on the agenda below.) <br />3. BOARD COMMENTS <br />