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APPROVED 6/24/2008 <br /> MINUTES <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> March 18, 2008 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, March <br /> 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the F. Gordon Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North 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 S. 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 /> The bright blue sheet was an update on water levels. The lavender sheet was an <br /> update from the Manager on summer day camp information. This will be discussed under <br /> Manager Comments. The yellow sheet was a resolution in support of a .4% increase in the land <br /> transfer tax to be considered at the CHCCS Board meeting on March 20th. The light blue sheet <br /> was a revised resolution remembering Eve Carson. <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 /> Robert Healy said that for last 15 years he has been Chair of the New Hope Creek <br /> Corridor Advisory Committee. The committee stems from action of the County Commissioners, <br /> along with the City of Durham, the Town of Chapel Hill, and Durham County in the late 1980's to <br /> support a plan for the conservation of development of New Hope Creek Corridor. Since that <br /> time, the County Commissioners have been supportive of land protection and acquisitions. The <br /> committee was created in 1992 to advise the elected officials on the implementation of the plan. <br /> In late 2006, the committee learned that DOT was planning to replace a bridge where Turkey <br /> Farm Run crosses New Hope Creek. The committee immediately wrote a letter raising various <br /> questions about the bridge. Since that time, DOT has proceeded without allowing the <br /> committee to have input. He said that this is an unusually pristine and sensitive part of the <br /> creek. He introduced John Kent, who has been taking water samples on New Hope Creek for <br /> at least 15 years, and Ryke Longest from the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Duke. <br /> 1 <br />