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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 01-22-2009 - Agenda Orange County Board of Commissioners Agenda Regular Meeting Note: Background Material Thursday, January 22, 2009 on all abstracts 7:30 p.m. available in the Orange Central Senior Center(Adjoining Triangle SportsPlex) Clerk's Office 103 Meadowlands Drive Hillsborough,NC 27278 Compliance with the"Americans with Disabilities Act"-Interpreter services and/or special sound equipment are available on request. Call the County Clerk's Office at 732-8181,extension 2130. If you are disabled and need assistance with reasonable accommodations,contact the ADA Coordinator in the County Manager's Office at 732-8181,extension 2300 or TDD#644-3045. 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda PUBLIC CHARGE The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. 2. Public Comments (We would appreciate you signing the pad ahead of time so that you are not overlooked.) a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda b. Matters on the Printed Agenda (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) 3. Proclamations/Resolutions/Special Presentations a. Affordable Housing Performance Report b. Voluntary Agricultural District Designation: Minka Farm, LLC c. Proclamation Acknowledging February as "Human Relations Month" d. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for FY 2007-08 4. Consent Agenda a. Minutes b. Appointments—None c. Motor Vehicle Property Tax Release/Refunds d. Property Value Changes e. Property Tax Release f. Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion g. Resolution Creating a Special Board of Equalization and Review h. Contract with Property Information Management System Software Vendor i. Solid Waste Management Custodial Contract with OE Enterprises, Inc. j. New Health Department Fees for Personal Health Services k. Change in BOCC Regular Meeting Schedule for 2009 1. Cool Counties Program m. Audio/Video Equipment and Installation for Solid Waste Operations Center n. Orange County Communications Center and Eno River State Park—Memorandum of Agreement o. RENCI Lightning Detection Study—Memorandum of Agreement p. Contracts with Tobacco Trust Fund and Golden Leaf Foundation for the Piedmont Value— Added Shared-Use Food&Agricultural Processing Center q. Grant Submittal to the Tobacco Trust Fund for the Farm Enterprise Incubator at the WC Breeze Family Farm Extension&Research Center r. Exercise of Option to Purchase Gateway Building Unit 200 and Unit 300 5. Public Hearings a. Recommendation for Deviations from the Proposed 2008-2009 Secondary Road Construction Program for Orange County 6. Regular Agenda a. Approval of Community Advisory Group and Site Selection Evaluation Process Update— Orange County Transfer Station b. Transition of Orange County Farmers' Market at the Public Market House c. Capital Project Funding d. Proposal for Issuance of Capital Project Financing e. Review of Proposed Chatham/Orange Joint Planning Task Force f. Second Reading: Third Party Presence in the Employee Disciplinary Process g. Board of Commissioners Meeting Calendar for Year 2009 7. Reports 8. Board Comments (Three Minute Time Limit Per Commissioner) 9. County Manager's Report 10. Appointments a. NCACC Legislative Liaison Appointment b. Ten(10) Year Plan to End Homelessness Executive Team—New Appointment c. Advisory Board on Aging—New Appointment d. Affordable Housing Advisory Board—New Appointment e. Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau—New Appointment f. Commission for the Environment—New Appointments &Reassignments g. Historic Preservation Commission—New Appointment h. Hillsborough Area Rail Station Task Force Appointment i. Human Relations Commission—New Appointments j. Human Services Advisory Commission—New Appointments k. Orange County Board of Adjustment—New Appointment 1. Orange County Planning Board—New Appointments 11. Information Items • Efland-Cheeks Overlay District Annual Report • BOCC Questions re: Outside Agencies Funded in 08-09 with Caveats • Response to NCACC Request for Possible Economic Stimulus Projects 12. Closed Session "Pursuant to G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(5)to discuss the County's position and to instruct the County Manager and County Attorney on the negotiating position regarding the terms of a contract or contracts to purchase interest in real property, PIN 9830-44-5608 and PIN 9830-64-3789, owned by Crawford Mountain LLC,to be used for watershed conservation purposes. "To consult with an Attorney retained by the Board in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the Board,"NCGS § 143-318.11(a)(3). 13. Adjournment Note: Access the agenda through the County's web site, www.co.orange.nc.us Orange County water supply reservoir water levels Available information as of 10:00 AM, Thursday, January 15, 2009 Lake Orange • Water level is full and spilling. Eno River Capacity Use were lifted effective as of midnight on December 6th. Reinstatement of restrictions in not anticipated until the beginning of the 2009 dry season. • Water storage capacity is at 100% (475 million gallons) • Approximately 141 days of water supply remaining (at Capacity Use specified release rate). • The Hillsborough gage indicates that the latest Eno River flows are at approximately 25 cfs (16 mgd). This flow represents a level that is approximately one-half of the historical median flow level (46 cfs) for this day of the year. • Orange Alamance has begun operating its water plant five days a week (Monday-Friday) with average withdrawals of 300,000 gallons per day. West Fork Reservoir • Water level is full and spilling • Water storage capacity remaining is 100 % • Approximately 368 days of water supply remaining (assuming Town's current 30 day average water consumption rate (1.15 mgd). • The Town of Hillsborough Town Board currently has no water use restrictions on its customers in effect. OWASA Reservoirs • Water level at Cane Creek Reservoir is full. • Water level at University Lake is full. • Total remaining water storage capacity is approximately 100 % • Approximately 636 days of water supply remain with no additional rainfall (at the current 30- day average daily demand [5.6 million gallons per day]) • OWASA's year-round water conservation requirements are in effect National Weather Service/NOAA Regional Precipitation data (through 1/14/2009) (inches above (+1 or below (-1 normal) RDU Piedmont-Triad +0.04" since December 1, 2008 +0.58" since December 1, 2008 +0.02" since January 1, 2009 +0.34" since January 1, 2009 Miscellaneous notes The NC Drought Management Advisory Council drought map, last updated December 9, 2008, indicates that all of Orange County lies within the area of the state characterized as experiencing no drought conditions.