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APPROVED 5/3/2007 <br />MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br />March 29, 2007 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session for an Assembly of <br />Governments meeting on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human <br />Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT:., Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. <br />Gordon, Barry Jacobs and Mike Nelson <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr. <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon and Assistant County <br />Manager Gwen Harvey and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker (All other staff members will be <br />identified appropriately below} <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Kevin C. Foy and <br />Council Members Sally Greene, Mark Kleinschmidt, Jim Ward, Bill Strom, Bill Thorpe, and Cam <br />Hill <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Ed Harrison and Laurin Easthom <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mark Chilton and <br />Aldermen Joal Hall Broun, Dan Coleman, Randee Haven-O'Donnell, and Jacquelyn Gist <br />CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS ABSENT: Alex Zaffron and John <br />Herrera <br />HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Tom Stevens and <br />Council Members Frances Dancey, Brian Lowen, Michael Gering, and Eric Hallman <br />HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Evelyn Lloyd <br />NOTE: All other participants are listed in the text as appropriate. <br />NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE <br />PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br />Call to Order and Introductions <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that Chair Carey is ill tonight. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he just attended a meeting of the Animal Shelter Design <br />Committee, and he asked staff to give a brief presentation. <br />Ellen Weinstein and Jim Compton from Dixon and Weinstein were present. <br />Ellen Weinstein said that this is a unique opportunity to bring together three functions of <br />Animal Services -the animal shelter in Chapel Hill, Animal Control in Hillsborough, and <br />Administration in downtown Chapel Hill. The design committee has been meeting since <br />January and there is a needs assessment report where each phase and requirements are listed. <br />The proposed building is 21,000 square feet and will be just south on Eubanks Road. The goals <br />of the building are to see it as an animal resource center. She said that the building would be <br />designed with high standards for sustainability. <br />