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MINUTES
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WORK SESSION
January 25, 2011
7:00 p.m.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a work session on Tuesday,
January 25, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Bernadette Pelissier and Commissioners
Valerie P. Foushee, Alice Gordon, Pam Hemminger, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, and Steve
Yuhasz
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT:
COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts
COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton and Clerk to the Board Donna S.
Baker (All other staff inembers will be identified appropriately below)
1. Information Technoloqies Report
Chief Information Officer Todd Jones provided this report. Because of the sunset of
the Information Technology Advisory Committee, he wants to keep the Board informed of
high-level activity. He reviewed the important points:
December 2010
- Migration from County Mainframe
- Virtual server environment
- Phase I GIS Consolidation
November 2010
- Laptop encryption
October 2010
- Deployed the Property Information Management System (PIMS)
- Parks and Recreational Facilities Locator
September 2010
- Training room complete
Auqust 2010
- Mobile email policy
- Cross-browser compatibility web template evolution
- Boundary layer corrections
Julv 2010
- Implemented new jury selection/management system
- PIN/TMBL/Parcel lookup tool
June 2010
- New data center
- Collaborate on implementing Sheriff's in-car video system
April 2010
- Implemented subscription service via website
March 2010
- New County GIS website
February 2010
- Streaming videos of BOCC meetings
- Wireless hot spots
January 2010
- Phone system
- Social services, library move support
December 2009
- Planning/Inspections, Economic Development, Environmental Health, and
Elections move support
- Network fiber installation for Public Works
November 2009
- Information Technologies and AMPS move support
- Fiber installation for Office Bldg, Hillsborough Commons
October 2009
- County Manager, Clerk, Attorney, Financial Services, HR renovation support
- Data switch replacement
September 2009
- Implemented major upgrade for entire County website
Auqust 2009
- GIS standardizes Orange County land date for NC One Map compliance
- Negotiated enterprise fiber agreement
Julv 2009
- GIS standardizes data in conformance to National Grid model
May 2009
- Animal Services move support
- Major Munis implementation
March 2009
- Carr Dental fiber
February 2009
- Real time synchronization of GIS data
- Implemented Bentley Building fiber
- Implemented technology request tool
January 2009
- Solid Waste move support
- Central Orange Senior Center move support
- Sheriff's Office move support
- Southern Human Services Center network upgrade
Todd Jones made reference to page 9 and said that moves were a significant part of
the effort in the past two calendar years. They moved about 460 staff inembers, which
included the installation of all of the network equipment, etc.
Commissioner Gordon asked about the GIS personnel and phase 1 of the GIS
consolidation. Todd Jones said that they worked with the Department of Environment,
Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) and Planning to point out some GIS resources.
With this extra capability, they are able to work on the addressing system more effectively.
Commissioner Gordon asked about IT people in other departments. Todd Jones said
that there are continuing conversations regarding the organization of this.
Frank Clifton said that as the County continues to shrink County government staffing,
they are trying to build capacity to serve the entire County. In some cases, when an employee
leaves, the gap can be filled with an internal person.
Commissioner Gordon thanked Todd Jones and staff for the amount of work done.
She asked about the servers and where the County stands now. She said that it seems as if
the needs have been met. She asked where they stand with the budget forthcoming.
Todd Jones said that the infrastructure is in good shape and there will probably be less
infrastructure needs in the near future.
Commissioner Yuhasz asked why the number of emails had decreased so much from
one year to another.
Todd Jones said that spam was such an enormous proportion of the inbound emails
and these were blocked.
Commissioner Yuhasz asked about the public meeting laws and if there is a system in
place for IT to pull out specific emails.
Frank Clifton said that the staff will be bringing forth a policy regarding this soon.
Commissioner Hemminger thanked the staff for the work on this. She said that there is
such a change in attitude.
Commissioner Gordon asked about the strategic plan for Information Technology and
where this stands.
Todd Jones said that there is a strategic plan that guides the department and it was
presented to the Board of County Commissioners two years ago. He said that if it needs to be
more digestible or better suited to the Board's needs to let him know.
Commissioner Gordon asked if this plan could be streamlined because it has
implications for capital.
Frank Clifton said that staff could bring forth a plan about County needs, but on a
broader issue, they are limited by lack of resources and funding.
Commissioner Gordon said that she is interested in the County government plan for
future needs..
Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon about some direction on the
strategic plan. He said that there seems to be a disconnect. He thought that the County
Commissioners wanted to see a strategic plan that includes internal and external, not just the
Manager speaking about it off the top of his head. The Board needs to know where to put
capital — promoting broadband, economic development capabilities, how to reach out to the
public, how to promote Emergency Services, etc. He said that part of the frustration with the
strategic plan a couple of years ago was that it did not give priorities and it was so focused on
internal IT and it did not connect the capital needs to cutting edge technology.
Frank Clifton said that everything they have done has been done internally since the
County is a service-based organization. He does not feel comfortable giving guesstimates on
costs for different things. He said that he could come up with a bullet list. Some things he
does not feel comfortable with and he would suggest bringing in a consultant.
Chair Pelissier asked for something to be brought to the Board before budget
discussions and Frank Clifton said that he would try to prioritize the list.
2. Discussion of Day-Time Meetinqs
Chair Pelissier said that in 2009, the County Commissioners decided not to have
daytime work sessions but the composition of the Board has changed and the question is
coming up again.
Commissioner Hemminger asked if there was a strategy for scheduling.
Clerk to the Board Donna Baker said that it usually follows the calendar year before. It
has changed over the years, depending on who is serving at that time.
Commissioner Hemminger said that budget work sessions could be blended in with
work sessions. She suggested reducing the number of work sessions. She suggested having
one work session a quarter in the daytime and possibly using Granicus. It could be worked
around a noon meal. She acknowledged that it takes a lot of staff time for these night
meetings.
Commissioner McKee said that at first he was opposed to this, but if they are talking
about only work sessions, then he could change. He has a concern that a lot of daytime
meetings will adversely affect someone that is interested in running for County Commissioner.
The second issue is the public and their ability to attend. He said that if the meetings had
been during the day, he would not have been able to run for office because he runs a
business. If it is only a couple of work sessions here and there, he would be ok with it.
Commissioner Jacobs said that he agreed with Commissioner McKee and he has
always wanted to have day meetings on a limited basis. He said that there are only 7 non-
budget work sessions a year and he suggested keeping those and using them more
efficiently.
Frank Clifton said that from a staff viewpoint, it does not matter when they hold
meetings other than the timing of other issues going on. He said that there could be more
web streaming of ineetings, but there is a cost issue. He said that there are items that are
addressed in the work session that could have been addressed in a regular meeting.
Commissioner Foushee agreed with everything and said that no meeting should be
scheduled during the day when any Commissioner cannot attend. There have been two
meetings that were scheduled during the day that conflicted with her job, so she could not
attend. She wants to also be inclusive of the County Commissioners and the public.
Commissioner Hemminger suggested picking two work sessions this fiscal year and
not budget work sessions.
Commissioner Yuhasz said that he brought this up two years ago and he is concerned
that all of the regular meetings are at night because some people can never attend at night.
He wants to recognize that there are people that cannot drive at night or get childcare, etc.
He does not want to ignore these needs.
Commissioner Gordon said that it is important to take the public into account but they
need to pick times that all County Commissioners can come. She suggested trying a couple
of work sessions during the day, as long as the County Commissioners can come. She
confirmed that they would not change the calendar for this year for days when a
Commissioner is unavailable.
Frank Clifton said that many Board of County Commissioners members serve on other
boards. He suggested having Greg Wilder and Donna Baker to look at two recommended
dates for two work sessions to change to daytime, after the budget process.
The Board agreed.
Chair Pelissier suggested having three work sessions per year during the day.
The Board agreed to leave it flexible and have two or three work sessions per year
during the day.
3. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions Assiqnments
Chair Pelissier said that the first step is for the veteran Commissioners to choose two
boards that they currently serve on that they would like to remain on. After that, it is the
regular round robin.
The Board agreed to take off the Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce
and leave it as an ex-officio.
Commissioner Gordon — Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization and Triangle Transit Board of Trustees
Commissioner Jacobs —Triangle J Council of Governments and Agricultural
Processing Center
Commissioner Foushee — Social Services Board and Durham Technical Community
College Board of Trustees
Commissioner Hemminger— Upper Neuse River Basin and Triangle J Council of
Governments (Alternate)
Chair Pelissier— Partnership to End Homelessness
Commissioner Yuhasz— Board of Health
Commissioner McKee — Fire Chief's Association and Triangle Area Rural Planning
Organization
Round Robin:
Commissioner McKee —ABC Board
Commissioner Yuhasz— Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange Work Group
Chair Pelissier- Alternate for Metropolitan Planning Organization
Commissioner Hemminger— Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange Work Group
Commissioner Foushee —Visitor's Bureau
Commissioner Jacobs — Solid Waste Management Work Group
Commissioner Gordon — Intergovernmental Parks Work Group
Commissioner McKee — Efland/Mebane Small Area Plan
Commissioner Yuhasz— Orange-Person-Chatham Area Programs
Chair Pelissier said that the OPC meeting was canceled last month and she asked
Commissioner Yuhasz if she could go to the last meeting tomorrow and Commissioner Yuhasz
said yes.
Chair Pelissier— Orange County Partnership for Young Children
Commissioner Hemminger- Community Home Trust
Commissioner Foushee - HOME Program Review
Commissioner Jacobs - Library Services Task Force
Commissioner Gordon - Hollow Rock Park Planning Committee
Commissioner McKee - Communities in Schools
Commissioner Yuhasz - pass
Chair Pelissier— pass
Commissioner Hemminger- Work Force Development
Commissioner Foushee - Housing Bond Program-Project Review and Selection
Committee
Commissioner Jacobs - RTRP
Commissioner Gordon - pass
Discussion ensued about needing a County Commissioner on the JOCCA Board.
The Board agreed to table this until there is more information.
Donna Baker will bring this back on a regular meeting for approval.
Commissioner Jacobs asked if they were going to be able to discuss this process in
the next year and Chair Pelissier said that she hoped to revisit this process.
Commissioner Yuhasz said that he would like to reduce the number of assignments.
The Board agreed to put this issue on a work session later this year, during the
daytime.
BOARD NAME MEETING DATE BOCC MEMBER SELECTION
STATUTORY
ABC Board Monthly, Third Commissioner Not Commissioner McKee
Tues 8:30 AM Required (non-
voting member)
Board of Health Monthly, Fourth Commissioner Commissioner Yuhasz
Wed Required
7:00 PM
Board of Social Services Monthly, Third Commissioner not Commissioner Foushe
Mon 4:00 PM required — may be
citizen appointed b
BOCC (appoints 2)
OPC Area Programs Monthly, Second Commissioner Commissioner Yuhasz
Mon 6:30 PM Required
6:30 PM
OUTSIDE AGENCIES/
INTER-GOVERNMENTA
WITH BOCC MEMBERS
Communities in Schools Monthly, Fourth Commissioner Commissioner McKee
Wed 3:00-5:00 Required
PM
Community Home Trust Monthly Commissioner Commissioner
BOD Required Hemminger
BOARD NAME MEETING DATE BOCC MEMBER SELECTION
Durham-Chapel Hill- Monthly- second Requires BOCC Commissioner Gordon
Carrboro-Metropolitan Wed. Member/ Member
Planning Organization- Alternate (per 199 Chair Pelissier-
Transportation Advisory MOU) Alternate
Committee
Durham/Chapel Quarterly-rotates 2 Elected Commissioner Yuhasz
Hill/Orange Work Group between entities- Representatives
noon meeting required (from 4 Commissioner
jurisdictions) Hemminger
Efland Mebane Small Are Not meeting at Commissioner McKee
Plan Implementation Focu this time. Has no
Group been disbanded
Intergovernmental Parks Quarterly- meets 1 BOCC required Commissioner Gordon
Work Group at 5:30pm
Hillsborough/Orange Monthly, Third Commissioner not TAKEN OFF OF THE
County Chamber of Wed required (chair has LIST
Commerce served as ex-offici
in the past)
HOME Program Review Quarterly Commissioner Commissioner Foushe
Committee Required
Housing Bond Program- Inactive Commissioner Commissioner Foushe
Project Review & Selectio Required
Selection Committee
Hollow Rock Park Plannin Not meeting at Commissioner Gordon
Committee this time
JOCCA Commissioner Tabled for more
Required but not information
serving at this time
Library Services Task Not meeting at Commissioner Jacobs
Force this time
Has not been
disbanded
Orange County Partnershi Bi-Monthly-last Commissioner slot Chair Pelissier
for Young Children Wed of month- a on BOD
8:30am
Research Triangle Commissioner Jacobs
Regional Partnership
(RTRP)
Solid Waste Management Meets as neede Commissioner Jacobs
Work Group
BOARD NAME MEETING DATE BOCC MEMBER SELECTION
Triangle J Council of Monthly—4t We BOCC Commissioner Jacobs
Governments —6:OOpm member/alternate member
required if county Commissioner
wants to participat Hemminger— alternat
Triangle Area Rural Bi-monthly BOCC Member or Commissioner McKee
Planning Organization Designee
(TARPO)
Upper Neuse River Basin Monthly— By-Laws state that Commissioner
Association Different Countie "The number of Hemminger- Chair
Host Directors
constituting the
Board of Directors
shall be one (1) pe
full voting entity,
with one (I)
alternate per full
voting entity in cas
of the Director's
absence. They cal
call them Directors
but do not specify
that they must be
Commissioners.
Workforce Development Part of DSS BOCC Liaison Commissioner
Board — Regional Hemminger
Partnership
Visitor's Bureau Monthly—Third Commissioner Commissioner Foushe
Wed Required
8:00 AM
BOARD NAME MEETING BOCC MEMBER SELECTION
DATE
BOARDS THAT BOCC
HAS ALREADY MADE
APPOINTMENTS
NACo/NCACC Voting
Delegate (M) Commissioner Foushe
Commissioner Jacobs
Legislative Issues Work
Group Chair Pelissier
Durham Tech Board of Quarterly Commissioner Commissioner Foushe
Trustees Required
Triangle Transit Board o Monthly— May appoint a Commissioner Gordon
Trustees 1:30pm-5:30pm Commissioner or
Commissioner-
appointed citizen
Piedmont Agricultural Monthly as of no Commissioner Jacobs
Processing Center—
Steering Committee
OTHER BOARDS/
COMMITTEES — NO
BOCC MEMBER
REQUIRED
Healthy Carolinians BOCC not require TAKEN OFF OF THE
— usually same LIST
BOCC Member on
the Board of Healt
Fire Chief's Association Bi-monthly—first Commissioners no Commissioner McKee
of Orange County Weds.-7pm required as
members — but ca
attend as guests
SPortsplex Community Quarterly Commissioner not
Advisory Committee- required
STATUS PENDING
EDC — STATUS PENDIN
EX-OFFICIO
Community Leadership Council (M) Chair Serves
Elected Transit Leaders Meeting Chair Serves
Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce (L)-does no Chair Serves
require a Commissioners
NC DOT Quarterly Meetings Chair/Vice Chair
School Collaboration Meetings Chair/Vice Chair
OFFICERS
Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Executive Team Commissioner Pelissier (Vice
Chair elected in Jan. 2011)
4. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions —Annual Summaries
Chair Pelissier said that these are summaries and work plans for their boards and
commissions. She said that she would like for the County Commissioners to consider writing
a letter to each board thanking them and acknowledging the positive work they have done for
the County. She said that the work plans are there for the County Commissioners to review
and they are in line with the Board of County Commissioners' priorities.
Commissioner Hemminger said that she liked the Quick Reports and she liked reading
these summaries.
Commissioner Jacobs said that it would be helpful to have had department heads here
to respond to questions.
Chair Pelissier said that she has some questions about the state mandated boards
because they are not advisory boards. She is not sure how the County Commissioners
should be responding to these boards and maybe it is just a matter of accepting their reports
since the County Commissioners meet with them annually.
Commissioner Foushee made reference to the Social Services Board and said that the
Board of County Commissioners has a relationship with these boards because of funding. In
some cases, the BOCC has some control because of the budget.
Commissioner Yuhasz said that the goal was to have less departmental staff
involvement and then speak to the chairs instead of staff. He thinks that these kinds of
boards need to be treated a little differently.
Commissioner Gordon said that she appreciated the reports, but she thought the
Board was going to be able to give feedback tonight.
Commissioner Jacobs said that he is comfortable with having the chairs to come
represent their boards but there has sporadically been an annual meeting with board chairs
with the Manager, Clerk, Chair/Vice-Chair, and County Attorney. He would like to urge that
this be resumed. This gives clarification to the charge, the relationship with the Board, bylaws,
etc.
Chair Pelissier said that this is a good topic for the retreat regarding training for the
boards.
Frank Clifton said that the Board of County Commissioners meets with many of these
boards on an annual basis and he suggested recognizing some of these at work sessions to
have face-to-face contact.
Chair Pelissier asked how the Board would like to proceed.
Commissioner Gordon said that the County Commissioners should acknowledge that
they received the information. They could then decide whether or not to proceed with
discussing the boards.
Commissioner Jacobs suggested going through these boards and not inviting those
that have no comments and flagging those the County Commissioners want to have at a
meeting.
Chair Pelissier agreed. She said that there are two things that should be discussed at
the retreat— sessions regarding training board chairs and the recognition of volunteers.
Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee:
Commissioner Hemminger said that when this board comes to the meeting, she would
like to suggest a summary format for the report.
Commissioner Jacobs suggested that someone else read over this because it is a
document of Orange County and it should be correct.
Frank Clifton said that the goal is to have staff less involved in the boards.
Chair Pelissier said that on concerns and emerging issues, the County Commissioners
should see these because it could be an issue on the legislative agenda.
Advisory Board on Aging:
Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not think advisory boards should advocate
outside of the Board of County Commissioners. Chair Pelissier agreed that the Board of
County Commissioners should have some knowledge about this advocacy.
Frank Clifton agreed also.
Commissioner McKee said that because these boards and commissions are
representing the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, then they should align with
the Board of County Commissioners' priorities. He thinks that the County Commissioners
should officially approve any legislative advocacy of advisory boards.
The Board agreed.
Commissioner Gordon recognized that this board got the Messer Award.
Affordable Housing Advisory Board:
Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to know more about the mobile home
park revitalization.
Chair Pelissier said that there was a report last year about the need to do revitalization.
Frank Clifton said that there was a report and this park was identified by the AHAB.
The County has not taken any steps beyond that.
Commissioner Gordon asked what should be said in the letter to this board.
Chair Pelissier said that she does not want to make any comments in any of the letters
related to money.
Commissioner Gordon suggested saying thank you and that no funding commitments
have been made this year.
Frank Clifton said that there is no funding to initiate any new programs this year, but
there are no ordinances regarding mobile homes, etc. He said that it is a problem statewide
where mobile homes are a disposable object if there are no enforcement programs.
Commissioner Jacobs said that mobile home park revitalization has to do with mobile
home park standards. It is whether they are livable communities and whether the minimal
housing standards are met.
Chair Pelissier said that she does not think that any board will be making any
assumptions about funding one way or another. She suggested not making mention of
funding in the letters.
Agricultural Preservation Board:
Commissioner Jacobs made reference to advocacy and said that when he first
became a Commissioner, there was an agricultural survey sent to all local farmers, which the
County Commissioners did not see. One of the things on there was a question about how
onerous taxes were in enabling farmers to stay in farming and that was the highest negative —
local taxes. He said that this was inviting a negative reaction. He said that when surveys are
sent out, the County Commissioners need to look at them first. He asked that there be a
liaison to this board. There is not one at this time.
Commissioner Jacobs also made reference to the statement on page 3, "begin a
dialogue with staff and elected officials in Orange County and municipalities in and adjacent
to, to discuss agricultural issues." If this is going out to other governments, he would like to
know what the message is. There is a big controversy about whether Carrboro's ordinance is
anti-farmer. He is in favor of advocating for agriculture, but he wants to know what he is
advocating.
Commissioner Gordon said that a survey instrument costs money and it gives a
message.
Chair Pelissier said that she was liaison at the time of that survey, and the purpose of
the survey was to understand what was going on in the farming community.
Commissioner Jacobs said that he was concerned about a previous survey. He
suggested that the staff person for each board say that they need to run any kind of survey by
the supervisor and/or the Board of County Commissioners.
Commissioner Foushee agreed.
The Board agreed to this direction as stated by Commissioner Jacobs.
ABC Board:
Commissioner Hemminger said that she does not know who filled this out. She would
like to hear from this board on an annual basis. The County Commissioners need to know
what is going on with this board.
Frank Clifton said that the Board of County Commissioners has the statutory authority
to appoint the chair of this board as of October 2011.
Commissioner Hemminger suggested inviting the ABC Board to come to the County
Commissioners annually to report on what is going on.
The Board agreed.
Chair Pelissier asked Commissioner McKee to tell the chair of the ABC Board to
handle the contents of the reports.
Commissioner Hemminger said that she would take care of that communication since
she was the last one on the ABC Board.
Animal Services Advisory Board:
Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page two at the top. He read, "it should be
noted that the Board has become a sounding board in their review of animal related policies or
issues raised by citizens." He asked if they had been discussing the complaints about how
the cats are being treated at the animal shelter.
Gwen Harvey said that a presentation was made at the last Animal Services Advisory
Board by a citizen and she and the Animal Services Director will be meeting with Ms. Cutson
to provide some neutral feedback through the Manager to the Board.
Commissioner Jacobs said that one of the emerging issues is placement partner
agreement. He does not understand what this is.
Gwen Harvey said that it is forthcoming in the Manager's Memo. She said that this is a
formal relationship in writing between animal rescue organizations and the department.
Arts Commission:
Donna Baker said that an email went out today about direction for this board.
Chair Pelissier said that she would have liked to see more substantive concerns in the
future.
Board of Health
The Board agreed to continue to meet with this board.
Board of Social Services:
The Board agreed to continue to meet with this board.
Visitor's Bureau:
Frank Clifton said that one of the problems with this board is that there are issues to be
brought to the Board of County Commissioners, but this board does not want to because it
may cause loss of funds. Orange County contributes a lot more money to this than the other
entities.
Commissioner Foushee said that this issue has been raised many times when she
attended these meetings. Her experience is that the other entity that has the tax is not going
to pay anymore than it is now.
Commissioner Jacobs said that Chapel Hill has just recently increased its contribution
from $135,000 to $180,000. This took a lot of lobbying of other council members. He thinks
that there needs to be a discussion about the relationship because there is confusion about
whether this is an independent entity.
Commissioner Yuhasz said that he has a problem with this because this entity is
funded primarily with Orange County funds but is not under the County's control.
Chair Pelissier said that there is enough concern that the Board should probably have
a discussion specifically about this board.
Frank Clifton said that the Visitor's Bureau is under the County's control and that is the
problem with some of the city partners.
Chair Foushee said that there needs to be a decision about whether this is going to be
an Orange County department or a separate entity.
Commission for the Environment:
Chair Pelissier said that this board and others under the Department of Environment,
Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) put their objectives in the context of the
comprehensive plan. She said that she wanted to thank them for the layout of their goals.
Economic Development Commission:
The Board agreed to send a letter of acknowledgement for the work of the citizens on
this board.
Historic Preservation Commission:
No comments.
Human Relations Commission (HRC):
Chair Pelissier said that she was concerned that there were no emerging issues in this
summary report.
Commissioner Jacobs said that the HRC is still trying to get feedback.
Chair Pelissier suggested encouraging the HRC to forward their goals when they are
ready.
Commissioner Gordon asked what happened with the Commission for Women and the
issues with the HRC.
Chair Pelissier said that there is a report forthcoming, but the Board agreed to the
concept of inerging the two boards.
Donna Baker said that the status report would be coming through the Manager's
Memo.
Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee:
No comments.
Orange County Board of Adjustment:
No comments.
Orange County Parks and Recreation Council:
Commissioner Jacobs said that there is no mention of working with non-profits.
Frank Clifton said that this is a new process for them and it has been advocated more
at the staff level.
Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to communicate to this board about this
and Frank Clifton said that he would.
Commissioner Hemminger said that staff and this board had some disagreement as to
what was to go in this report.
Commissioner Gordon asked about the Friends of the Parks and Recreation Council
(PARC) Group and Commissioner Hemminger said that it is similar to what some of the towns
have, where it is an independent group and its own 501(c)3. It operates separately to help
raise money to help Parks and Recreation.
Orange County Planning Board:
The Board agreed to continue the annual meeting.
OUT Board:
Commissioner Jacobs asked about desirable parking standards on the third page.
Commissioner Gordon said that she is not sure what this is except it might be related to what
they were working on for the UDO.
Solid Waste Advisory Board:
No comments.
Sportsplex Community Advisory Committee:
Chair Pelissier said that this board does not know its future.
Commissioner Jacobs said that it is under the auspices of the Management of the
Sportsplex.
Frank Clifton said that this has not been done officially.
Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to have an annual report from the
Sportsplex management.
Frank Clifton said that if the County Commissioners accepts the recommendation that
staff gave them, then this committee can be turned over to the Sportsplex management.
With no further items to discuss, a motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs,
seconded by Commissioner Foushee to adjourn the meeting at 9:57 PM.
VOTE: UNANIMOUS
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Donna S. Baker, CMC
Clerk to the Board