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APPROVED 9/16/2014 MINUTES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION April 10, 2014 7:00 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Budget Work Session on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, Alice M. Gordon, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier and Renee Price COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Penny Rich COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County Managers Clarence Grier and Cheryl Young and Deputy Clerk to the Board David Hunt (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below) Chair Jacobs called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. 1. Board of County Commissioners External Advisory Board Appointees Chair Jacobs said this first item involves trying something different. He referenced a blue sheet that listed the external appointees. He said there has been discussion over the years about connecting with those individuals who represent the County, in order to tie in better with what these people are working on. He said several of these people are here tonight. Susanne Haff is an Orange County representative on the Chapel Hill Planning Board. She said she is ending her first three years in July, and she is interested in having each of the Board members find their very best person in the Joint Planning Area. She said she represents the northern part of where Chapel Hill and the County come together, and this is next to Carrboro and the landfill. She said the area she serves includes a portion of Rogers Road. She is hopeful that the Commissioners have someone they would like to appoint to this position. She is ready to take a break. She said the conversation with the Board of Commissioners has always perplexed her, and she questions their perspective of what she is doing. She does not want to send an email to the Board every week, but she thinks there are things that the County would want to know, such as development projects and school reports. She would like to find a way to communicate these things. She said it has been an honor to serve. Chair Jacobs asked if Susanne Haff has any suggestions on how best to communicate. Susanne Haff said it would be helpful if the Board made a list of the things going on in Chapel Hill that would be of interest to them. She asked specifically about the Board's interest in the property at the intersection of I-40, Eubanks Road, and Hwy 86, or the addition of exits off of I-40. She referenced the land between Old and New 86 and the need for another access point. She asked about the Board's position on development versus open space. She said it is hard to represent the Board without knowing their position on these things. She said a philosophy statement every few years would be good. Commissioner Price said she had also served on the Planning Board. She asked if Susanne Haff felt that her recommendations to the Planning Board have been heard. She