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1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVED 2/20/2018 <br /> <br /> MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ANNUAL PLANNING RETREAT <br />Maple View Agricultural Center <br />January 26, 2018 <br />9:00 a.m. <br /> <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for their annual Board retreat on Friday, <br />January 26, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at the Maple View Agricultural Center in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Mark Dorosin and Commissioners Mia <br />Burroughs, Barry Jacobs, Mark Marcoplos, Earl McKee, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None <br />COUNTY ATTORNEY PRESENT: John Roberts <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br />Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker. <br />FACILITATOR: Andy Sachs, Dispute Settlement Center <br />Resource Persons: Kevin Knutson, Regional Vice President, and Francine Ramaglia, Senior <br />Manager, Management Partners; Joe Hines and Blake Hall, Timmons Group. <br /> <br />Observers – Department Directors and members of the public and news media. <br /> <br />Desired Outcomes <br />• Greater awareness of the impact of any new policies, programs, and projects upon the <br />County’s budget and tax rate. <br />• Priorities for the County’s FY18-19 budget. <br />• Updated view of the potential and design challenges related to Orange County’s Economic <br />Development Districts and Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. <br />• Prioritized strategies for realizing the potential of our EDDs and CITANs. <br /> <br />9:00 Convene <br /> <br />Commissioner Dorosin welcomed the attendees. He invited the County staff to raise questions <br />and participate in today’s conversation. <br /> <br />Commissioner Rich asked to comment on the Board’s January 23, 2018 meeting. The meeting <br />lasted past midnight. She thanked the Chair for leading a good meeting. Following up on a <br />suggestion by Commissioner Marcoplos, she said that Board members should feel free to take <br />a stretch during lengthy meetings. She thanked everyone for staying engaged in the meeting, <br />including County staff and members of the public. We moved the needle forward on every single <br />topic on the agenda, she said. Commissioner Price said it was a good meeting with good <br />agenda items, but it was unfair that people had to sit through such a long meeting or wait for so <br />long to get to the podium, especially those who came from out of town. I would prefer to <br />continue to another time a meeting that is going over time rather extending it for so long, she <br />said. <br />