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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 20070130APPROVED 311 312 0 0 7 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WORK SESSION January 30, 2007 7:30 p.m. The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Work Session on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the Link Government Services Center in Hillsborough, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey, Jr., and Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, and Mike Nelson COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geof Gledhill and Brian Ferrell COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Laura Blackmon, Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. ALL RECORDINGS OF THE MEETING WILL BE KEPT FOR 5 YEARS. Chair Carey said that Congressman Price called and asked that the time of the meeting be changed from 10:00 to 10:30. This is for the Chair, the Uice-Chair, and the Manager on February 5t". He asked for any comments from the County Commissioners. 1. County Capital Funding Policy - Lottery Proceeds Budget Director Donna Coffey said that this item gives an opportunity to discuss how the lottery proceeds should factor into future capital funding for the school systems. She gave background on how the County's capital planning process works, far Laura Blackmon and Commissioner Nelson. The County's Capital Investment Plan (CI P), is a long-range plan that covers aten-year period. It outlines County and school capital projects for investments that are made, including new construction projects such as new schools, the justice facilities, and the libraries. It also serves as a plan for recurring capital, such as roof replacements, older facilities, painting, flooring, etc., for both schools and County facilities. On the County side, it also serves as a tool for planning the replacement of the vehicle fleet and the major equipment. The County's current funding policy dedicates a number of revenue streams to pay for the projects. There is the two half-cent sales tax, articles 40 and 42, dedicated ad valorem property taxes, and bonds. The Board has the policy of dedicating the equivalent of four cents on the annual ad valorem property tax rate to fund recurring projects for the schools and the County. Of those four cents, three cents is to be dedicated to school recurring projects, and one cent is to be dedicated to County recurring projects. There are also school construction impact fees that offset debt service, and public school building funds. For longer-range projects, there is debt financing. The current policy has been in place since May 200b. Howver the County has not reached the full funding on the piece of the dedicated property tax that would cover recurring capital. She thinks that this is important to discuss, that for the last two fiscal years, the County has funded two cents for school recurring projects. There is another penny yet to be met for the school recurring projects and another penny far the County recurring projects. In 2005, when the County Commissioners were trying to update the capital funding policy and going through all of the options for funding, the General Assembly had not authorized the lottery, so the policy does not include any proceeds. Very soon after the capital funding policy was adopted, the lottery was signed into law. In October 2006, the State made its first distribution of lottery proceeds to the counties. It distributed $38 million to all 115 school districts. Of that amount, OCS received about $231,000 and CHCCS received about $378,000. This is an target with what was budgeted for lottery proceeds. She made reference to three articles from the News and Observer this past Sunday, which shaves that ticket sales have diminished. She distributed copies of these articles to the County Commissioners. The County has budgeted $2.4 million this year for lottery proceeds, and it is in the base budget. The County Commissioners need to discuss how to factor in lottery proceeds in future years into the budget. It is the equivalent of two cents on the tax rate. One of the questions is haw dependent the County should become on the lottery proceeds in the base budget. She made reference to pages 3-6 in the packet, which lists staff's observations. There is also a copy of the lottery bill and a memo from the Local Government Commission. Laura Blackmon said that she is a little concerned about where the funds are budgeted this year. She asked for comments from the County Commissioners. Commissioner Nelson asked about the money that already came in for schools and what it was dispersed for and Donna Coffey said that it is dedicated to pay for school related debt service, acquired after 2003. Commissioner Gordon asked if the proceeds are distributed directly to schools on the basis of per pupil and Donna Coffey said yes, but the County has to apply for the monies. The money is given to the County directly, just like public school building funds. Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 5, and that the money can be used to pay for school construction. She asked if it matters if it is far new space or renovated space and Donna Coffey said that it does not matter. Chair Carey asked about the supplant policy in bold print and asked what happens if the need for spending on school construction goes down. He asked if it could be based on need, or if counties would still have to spend the same amount on school construction whether it needed to ar not. Geof Gledhill said that no one knows at this point. He said that when the legislation was written, this scenario was not imagined. He said that Orange County may be the closest county to this scenario. Commissioner Faushee made reference to the statement about LGC and it being cautious about how to program lottery funds. She asked what is sufficient time having been passed to feel relatively safe to programming the funds. Geof Gledhill said that the legislature will wait and see what happens. Laura Blackman said that she is guessing three to five years to be able to see the pattern. There are other factors that may impact the lottery and it is still in its infancy. Commissioner Nelson made reference to page six and the second bullet. He asked if this is saying that the two cents that has been set aside will be increased to three cents using the lottery proceeds and Donna Coffey said yes. Geof Gledhill said that bills have been introduced this session to change the funding formula, and both of them have been sent to the Rules Committees. He is guessing that if they come out of the Rules Committee at any time during the session, it will be at the end of the session before anything happens. Chair Carey asked haw these two bills would affect Orange County and Geof Gledhill said that they both simplify the funding formula. One of the things that the bills do is eliminate the 35165 split. The 65 is far all school districts and the 35 is for districts where the tax rate is greater than 100°l° of the average tax rate in the State. Chair Carey said that he has been told that there has been some movement among counties as it relates to the tax rate. Commissioner Jacobs said that he read something from the John Locke Foundation that this bill rewards big spenders and that the bill needs to be rewritten so that those who have been frugal are rewarded. This would reward Wake County, which has kept down its tax rate and had all of the schools back up, while Orange County would get punished because it is a "liberal spender." Chair Carey said that the staff has recommended two options on page six (bottom) on how to allocate and plan for use of lottery proceeds. Commissioner Jacobs said that one other factor for Orange County is that Orange County is updating its impact fees. He said that theoretically the impact fees would not have to be raised and the lottery proceeds could be used for the same thing. He thinks that this should factor into the calculations. He said that the County Commissioners have always said that they would consider this issue within the context of the entire written debt policy. He would like to look at the whole policy before he decides which way to go. He said that the County Commissioners had said that they wanted to adopt a debt policy, but this was the holdup, and now he would like to see how this fits. Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Jacobs about the updating of the impact fees. She would like to see the current collections of impact fees. She said that the impact fees legally have to be tied to the district. Originally, impact fees went directly to the districts and now it goes straight to the debt service. She asked Planning Director Craig Benedict about the current impact fee rates. Craig Benedict said about $4,400 for asingle-family dwelling in CHCCS and $3,000 in OCS. This is 60°~ of the maximum supportable impact fee calculation. This was due to construction costs being a little higher in CHCCS and the student generation rate also being higher. Far multi-family dwellings, it is $1,900 in CHCCS and $1,400 in OCS. Commissioner Gordon said that when the policy was changed to have the impact fees going straight into the debt service, this helped the County government finances because the County was paying all of the debt service before. However, it meant that the school districts got less. She would like more analysis about this and also to look at it in the context of the entire debt policy. Also, she does not have a clear picture about the needs of the older schools. She is sure that CHCCS will need to build more new schools than OCS. Commissioner Gordon said that in the short-term, the thing to do is to give the money per-pupil to the two school districts and let them use it for anything allowed. Commissioner Nelson said that he supports Commissioner Jacobs' suggestion to look at this in the context of the whole debt policy, and bringing it back also gives time to get input from the school systems. However, he said that budgeting in arrears does not make sense to him with a revenue stream like this that will fluctuate so dramatically. He supports being cautious. He made reference to the two options and said that one of the options is restrictive because it suggests using money to pay off debt service, and the other is a little looser in the sense that it gives the school systems the option of using it for debt service or renovating other facilities. His gut instinct is that the second option is the best option, which would give the school systems more flexibility. Chair Carey said that he would like to look at the decision based on the entire policy and get input from school systems on how they feel the money should be allocated. He said that the County needs the most flexibility because it is responsible for financing everything, school and County projects. Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not want to make this sa that the only choices are to raise taxes or raise the percentage of capital directed to County projects. Chair Carey asked to have this back before the Board makes budget decisions. 2. Space Study Continued Discussion Laura Blackmon said that the Board asked her to look at the Space Needs Study and give some feedback. She said that she does have some concerns, and some of those were outlined in the Executive Summary from the Space Needs Committee. She likes the idea of co-locating departments that have a similar customer base and some adjacent functions. She likes the idea of the Homestead campus that puts departments near one another. She also agrees with getting rid of leased space and having mare County-owned space. She made reference to the memo in the abstract with her comments. She has three major concerns: 1) The Whitted Building and the restricted amount of space and the different types of services there. She wants to focus on having the Health and DSS Boards discuss service needs in the future. 2) Expansion capabilities at the Homestead campus. She made reference to the map at the back of the report of a concept plan of building sites, which the Board never adopted. She is recommending that the little white house be deconstructed ar that it be moved and used somewhere else. This would open up another site for development at the Homestead campus. She asked Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Janes to address the old post office site on Franklin Street. Pam Janes said that she did a quick review based on some very old plans provided by the Town. She said that the area that the County leases now in Chapel Hill -Carr Mill Mall and the Moody Building - includes 9,000 square feet. She said that the space downstairs in the past office is not sufficient far immediate needs and there would need to be an addition for long-term needs. She pointed out that in all of the space studies that have been done since 2000, it has been noted that two areas that need additional and separate study are the jail expansion and the Chapel Hill court facilities. All of this is predicated an the fact that the old past office will remain a past office. Laura Blackman said that her concern is the use of this facility, the needed renovations, and haw long it would be available for use. She said that the Homestead campus was initially designed to hold as many County functions as possible and it makes more sense to her to locate departments in this area. She thinks that when Carolina North comes online, there will be a shift in the nexus of the Town and it will not be considered as much on the edge of town as it is currently. She would recommend that the Homestead campus be made available far court functions, human services, and the senior center. Laura Blackman said that the last concern is: 3} The usage of the County campus in Hillsborough. She has worked with Pam Jones on departments that she thinks need to be located in adjacent office space and the availability of the Link Center, the Gateway Building, and the office building. She made reference to the three charts in the packet, and went aver the charts. She would like departments with like functions and like customers near one another. There were comments from advisory boards attached to the abstract. Specifically, there was a request from Social Services to utilize the Orange Enterprises facility (Attachment 3, page 21). An advantage to this is that Social Services have the funds to be able to utilize this facility. Chair Carey asked Laura Blackmon if she was supporting the request from DSS to utilize the OE space and Laura Blackmon said yes. Commissioner Faushee said that Housing and Community Develapment usually shares common clientele with Social Services. Laura Blackmon said that she talked with Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes and she said that she does work closely for some aspects, but in other aspects, she works closely with Planning. She said that there were concerns either way. She said that Housing and Community Development does need the space at Southern, so some people will not be located in the central office space. Commissioner Foushee made reference to Social Services and consideration for retrofitting spaces that will need work such as the Northern Human Services Center. She toured this space and realized that there are great needs here. She asked if this space could be retrofitted for County functions. Pam Jones said that the Northern Human Services Center has a plan in place that was developed several years ago that has an allocation of space for a variety of functions. Until the Whitted Building is funded, this has not been pursued yet until there is a decision on the occupants. Laura Blackmon said that there is a concern on how long the Whitted Center can accommodate Social Services and the Health Department. In particular, the Health Department is looking at whether or not to provide dual services {dental and health) at both sites. Chair Carey made reference to the document from the Board of Health and the Health Director and said that they provided information on what they would prefer to do. Pam Jones said that this document came out after the staff sent out the packet information. Chair Carey said that the Board will not consider the Board of Health document since not all County Commissioners have it tonight, but it does provide mare clarification. Commissioner Foushee asked where Mental Health would go and Pam Jones said that Mental Health is currently in a large space at Whitted and more information is needed before a decision is made on this. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to know how much is budgeted for retrofitting for these facilities so that there is sense of what can be done and when. Laura Blackmon said that there is definitely a timing issue far moving, renovating, etc. Cammissioner Jacobs said that he was fascinated with the statement that the Board of Health concurs with the need to relocate the Environmental Health staff at the Planning Department, because for years the Board of Health has fought this bitterly. He said that he would take the fact that the Board of Health has a plan with a grain of salt and treat them similar to the way the schools are treated, which is that it is a semi- autonomous unit of government that may have an agenda that coincides with the County's, but it may be different, and the County is ultimately the one that has to find the capital. He suggested accepting the document as a vision and not a program. Cammissioner Jacobs said that all of the potential changes with the County campus and the Homestead campus are good ones as long as it is not too crowded and that it would allow for expansion. He said that he hopes that the County will solicit Hillsborough's participation regarding the meeting room at the Government Services Center. Commissioner Jacobs said that there are some de facto decisions regarding the Homestead campus that he is not totally comfortable with yet. He said that it seems like there is a de facto decision that there is na roam foramen's shelter. He is not ready to make that decision yet. Also, regarding the post office, he agrees that there will be a shift towards Homestead Road, but he also thinks that the walkable part of Chapel Hill will still be downtown and justice facilities are significantly different than the other services provided on Homestead Road. He is inclined to study this further before giving up an the building as a justice facilities alternative, understanding that Chapel Hill must be a partner. If Chapel Hill is not interested, there is no point in going forward. He said that he was impressed by the space at the post office. He would like to at least acknowledge the men's shelter and Laura Blackmon said that they did not address the men's shelter. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the old Orange Enterprises building and said that it sounds like a good idea. His reservation has to do with the Kidscope program at Hillsborough Elementary, which may not be able to remain there. One of the options was moving it to the OE building. If Kidscope does not move there, then they need to nail down a contract with the school district about it staying at one of the schools. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Whitted Building and said that he is concerned about where Mental Health would go. Pam Janes said that the Department on Aging department will be moving out of Northside, which will free up space far Mental Health. Commissioner Jacobs asked for more information on this. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has similar concerns about the Heritage Center. The County is building a 23,000-square foot library as the central library. He said that Chapel Hill's library is 27,000 square feet, and it is adding 45,000 square feet. He said that he is concerned about where the Heritage Center will be located. He would like some surety that there is a good alternative. He said that the Library Board only meets quarterly, so there was not a recommendation about this. He said that it would be a shame to take a beautiful two-story public space and make it into offices. He would argue that if the decisions are going to be phased based on what is feasible and haw much money there is, etc., that same of the pending issues should be resolved before making decisions. Laura Blackmon said that she was looking at core County functions, sa if there is space far the other groups, then she needs direction from the Board. Commissioner Gordon agreed with co-locating departments with similar functions and getting rid of leased space. Regarding the Homestead Campus, she said that her understanding is that there are two basic building sites -the Seymour Center and the Southern Human Services Center, and there is building space between these two buildings. She said that she read that this space between was going to be needed by one or the other or both as they expanded, so that the site will be used for the human services needs. She asked if this was correct and Laura Blackmon said yes. The other site is where the little white house is, and justice facilities can go here. She thinks that it will be difficult to get any funding partners far justice facilities because the County has a statutory responsibility to provide this function. She said that she likes the Manager's analysis because it follows the County Commissioners' principles that were stated in the space needs study and it will save the County money in the tang run. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the meeting space and said that if the Government Services Center has the best meeting space, then that is fine but she is concerned about the retrofitting of this facility. It would mean we would be converting old offices to new meeting space at the same time we are building new office space. Commissioner Nelson said that meeting core County needs is right on target and he appreciated the way Laura Blackmon laid out the information. He has concerns about the justice facilities and he needs more time to tour the post office. He thinks that the County Commissioners need to decide what needs to be put at the Homestead Campus and the Whitted Center, and then if there is space left over, he has no problem putting a men's shelter at Homestead Road. He also agreed with Commissioner Jacobs about Kidscope. Chair Carey said that the Manager did what she was supposed to do about care County functions. He said that he has a different definition of core County functions and a broader idea. He said that his job is to take into consideration people that cannot advocate for themselves. He would like to discuss other issues that need addressing such as the Heritage Center, Kidscope, the men's shelter, etc. He wants to address these needs because they are just as important as the courts and other things that the County is mandated to address. He said that he will take issue with Commissioner Jacobs' characterization of the Board of Health. He said that the County Commissioners ask the boards to develop visions, and all of them are visions until the Board of County Commissioners approves the programs. He said that the BOH has worked hard on the analysis of the needs and recommendations. Chair Carey made reference to the Homestead campus and said that the little white house needs to be deconstructed or moved. He would like the staff to come back with a plan in two meetings about how to do this and the timeline. Regarding the old past office, Chair Carey asked if the whole site was considered or just the building. The answer was the whole site, from corner to corner. Pam Jones said that the discussion was about the expansion of the building. The discussion was how to accommodate the growth out the back of the building and still accommodate the trailer truck that camas in to deliver at the post office every day. She said that the sense was that the post office was historic and it was not desirable to disrupt this. Commissioner Foushee said that expanding out the back of the building would mean that people would have to park in the parking deck, which would necessitate an agreement with the Town of Chapel Hill. Chair Carey would like to ask for a professional architect to look at the entire site rather than make a decision by default. He said that having a court facility downtown is good for economic development for this downtown area. If it were possible to use this space, then this would free up some space at Homestead to accommodate some of the vulnerable populations that are not considered core County functions. Chair Carey said that Mental Health does not generate money to fund facilities like Social Services, but their needs must be addressed. Commissioner Jacobs said that one of the things mentioned for the Homestead Campus is Aging, which is not a core County function, but it is treated as one. He agrees that there is a more generous interpretation of what the County is committed to, whether it is called a core County function or not. He said that the Board has not dealt much with homeless shelters, and this is the opportunity to be honest. Chapel Hill wants their space back and now is the time to push the conversation and determine whether or not it is viable to use the post office space. He agreed with getting a professional to look at the facility to see if it is viable for the County, making sure that Chapel Hill is amenable to it. Commissioner Jacobs said that he was on the Board of Health before Chair Carey and the Board of County Commissioners has always supported the BOH, but he does not think that the County Commissioners should take it as a given just because the BOH advocates it. Commissioner Gordon said that she would like a cost analysis of having justice facilities downtown versus the Homestead Campus. She would also like to consider transit issues, such as site access and the ability to travel back and forth between court facilities in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the men's shelter and said that the County Commissioners need to ask staff to analyze the Inter-Faith Council sites, the ones that they have already considered. She said that analysis of other sites basically stopped when the Southern Human Services Center was proposed. There are some sites still available. She would also like staff to see if there are any other County properties for the shelter. Chair Carey agreed about looking at the other IFC sites. Commissioner Foushee said that she thinks the analysis of other sites stopped because the analysis was completed and there were no more sites to analyze. When this site was suggested, it became the new analysis. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the little white house, and said that when the staff comes back with a plan for moving it, he wants to make sure that the mature hardwoods in front of the house remain there. Chair Carey asked for some clarification on the Southern Human Services Center campus. He verified that there are two expansion sites with the existing building. He asked about the square footage and Pam Jones said that the one to the east was going to be approximately the same size as the existing building, which is around 25,000 square feet, but it would be on two levels. The dental clinic was around 5-8,000 square feet. He verified that there is the building site, two expansions, and the site where the white house is now. The Board agreed. A summary of what the staff is to bring back is below: - Attachment 4 -bring it back for approval (Commissioner Gordon suggested that the map be in color) - White house - a plan for deconstructing or moving - Bring back something on Evaluating the old post office - Camparafive analysis of casts far justice facilities at post office versus Southern Human Services Center (spring) - Analysis of IFG sites and suggestion of additional sites - Budgets for retrofitting facilities (as it stands now) - Ancillary services: Kidscope and Heritage Center, (Commissioner Jacobs -give the Board a blueprint for when decisions have to be made) - Hillsborough's participation in meeting room - Tie in Heritage Center with the Library -Commissioner Gordan said That this would expand the charge of the Task Force and to wait on this, and she would like staff to look at this first. - Chapel Hill's participation in past office project -not to commit the space until Orange County can do the analysis. (Commissioner Jacobs wants to know if the Town is going to work with the County before money is spent on a professional) Commissioner Gordon asked who owned the post office and it was answered the Town of Chapel Hill and Pam Jones said that the Town gets the court facility fees as well. Commissioner Gordon said that she would not recommend that the Commissioners ask the Tawn to pay for the analysis. Chair Carey asked about the status of the equipment for the new senior center because it will be ready soon. Pam Janes said that the building will probably be finished the last of April. The equipment that is part of the building itself is in the project. The items that are not in the project are the extra things, such as the exercise equipment, audiovisual equipment, etc. Chairs, tables, and other things related to the building are included. Commissioner Foushee asked for an estimate of what the stuff costs that was not programmed in the project for the senior center. Pam Jones said that the list she got from Jerry Passmore was $150,000. Commissioner Nelson said that he got a phone call from someone who was concerned about equipment not being provided and the sense that there was a commitment made to do this. He thinks that the County should fund the needed equipment. Pam Jones said that when the Board approved this, it authorized Jerry Passmore to look for grant funding for additional items. Commissioner Jacobs said that if there is a shortfall, the Board of County Commissioners will address this. He said that it would be totally inappropriate to ask the seniors for money. If the project is short of funds, the Board should complete it or phase it, etc. It is the County's responsibility. Commissioner Gordon said that the County made a commitment and the seniors will not be asked to pay for anything. Commissioner Gordon asked what was going to come back to the Board and when. Laura Blackmon said that it is based upon movement of departments. The staff can bring back the site plan an February 20tH Commissioner Jacobs said that at some point the Board had talked about hiring a library design person to work with citizens and staff on the library. He would like to add this to the timeline decision tree. 3. County Commissioners Boards and Commissions Assignments The Board considered the list of boards and commission on which the BOCC serve and selected those boards on which the BOCC wishes to serve. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to his handout and said that he has agreed to give up the Commission far the Environment sa that Commissioner Nelson can serve on it. Commissioner Nelson gets three picks. Commissioner Nelson: Commission for the Environment, Economic Development Commission, and International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Commissioner Foushee: DOT Quarterly Meeting Commissioner Jacobs: Agricultural Preservation Board and Intergovernmental Parks Work Group Commissioner Gordon; Intergovernmental Parks Work Group Chair Carey.' Animal Services Design Committee and Board of Health Commissioner Nelson: Rural Planning Organization -Transportation Advisory Committee (RPO-TAC) Commissioner Foushee: Commission for Women (but later gave this to Commissioner Nelson and she tack ABC Board after meeting was over) Commissioner Jacobs: Fire Chief's Association of Orange County Commissioner Gordon: Recreation and Parks Advisory Council Chair Carey: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Commissioner (Nelson: ABC Board (he later gave this to Commissioner Foushee and took Commission for 1Nomen) Commissioner Foushee: Human Services Advisory Committee (HSAC) Commissioner Jacobs; EDC Commissioner Gordon: Planning Board (if a Board liaison is ever created) Commissioner Gordon; Chatham-Orange Work Group Chair Carey: OPC Area Board (OPC LME Advisory Board is no longer in existence) Commissioner Nelson: Information Technology Advisory Committee Commissioner Foushee: Orange Community Housing and Land Trust Board of Directors GommissionerJacobs: Durham/Chapel Hill/Orange Work Group Commissioner Gordan: DurhamlChapel Hill/Orange Work group Chair Carey. Orange/Chatham Justice Partnership Board Commissioner Nelson: Advisory Board on Aging Commissioner Foushee: Communities in Schools Commissioner Jacobs: Sportsplex Community Advisory Committee Commissioner Gordon: Advisory Board on Aging Chair Carey: JOCCA (Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency} Commissioner Nelson: pass Commissioner Foushee: Orange County Partnership far Young Children Commissioner Jacobs: Hillsborough Joint Planning Strategic Growth Committee and Efland Mebane Small Area Plan Implementation Focus Group (these might be short term} Commissioner Foushee: HOME Program Review Committee and Housing Bond Program -Project Review and Selection Committee Commissioner Gordan: Project Planning Committee (Chapel HilUOrange County PPC}, Transportation Services Board, and Fire Chiefs' Association of Orange County {2"d or alternate} Commissioner Foushee said that she has calendars for the Board and staff for the Affordable Housing Advisory Board. 2007 BOCC Assi nments Board Commissioner Terms Served Advisory Board on Aging (L) Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Nelson 2 1 Affordable Housin Adviso Board L Commissioner Foushee 3 Agricultural Preservation Board (L) Commissioner Jacobs 8 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (L) (non-voting) Commissioner Foushee 1 Animal Services Adviso Board M Commissioner Carey 2 Board of Health (M) Commissioner Carey 5 Chapel HilUOrange County Visitor's Bureau (M) Commissioner Carey 12 Chatham-Oran e Work Grou M Commissioner Gordon Commission for the Environment (L) Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Nelson 9 1 Commission for Women (L) Commissioner Nelson 1 Communities in Schools M Commissioner Foushee 3 Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange Work Group (M) Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Jacobs 2 8 Economic Development Commission (L) Commissioner Jacobs Commissioner Nelson 6 1 Fire Chiefs' Association of Orange County (M) Commissioner Jacobs Commissioner Gordon (alt.) 1 1 HOME Pra ram Review Committee M Commissioner Foushee 3 Housing Bond Program -Project Review and Selection Committee (M) Commissioner Foushee 3 Human Relations Commission (L) (this was decided after this meeting) Commissioner Nelson 1 Human Services Adviso Commission L Commissioner Foushee 3 Information Technology Advisory Committee (L) Commissioner Nelson 1 Intergovernmental Parks Work Group (M} Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Jacobs 5 1 International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives M Commissioner Nelson 1 Joint Orange Chatham Community Action Agency M Commissioner Carey 16 NCDOT Quarterly Meetings {M} Commissioner Foushee Commissioner Jacobs 1 OPC Area Board (M} Commissioner Carey 7 Orange Community Housing and Land Trust Board of Directors M Commissioner Foushee 3 Orange Unified Transportation Board (L} Commissioner Gordon 2 Orange/Chatham Justice Partnership Board {M} Commissioner Carey 7 Oran a Count Partnershi for Yaun Children M Commissioner Foushee 1 Project Planning Committee (Chapel Hill/Orange County PPC (M} Commissioner Gordon 2 Recreation and Parks Advisory Council (M] Commissioner Gordon 2 Rural Planning Organization -Transportation Adviso Committee M Commissioner Nelson 1 Social Services Board (M} Commissioner Foushee 3 Solid Waste Advisory Board (L) (this was decided after this meeting) Commissioner Nelson 1 S orts lex Communit Adviso Committee L Commissioner Jacobs 2 Transportation Services Board {M} Commissioner Gordon 2 Short Term Taskforces Air Quality Advisory Committee {M} Commissioner Gordon 1 Animal Shelter Design Committee {M} Commissioner Carey Commissioner Jacobs 1 1 Animal Tethering Committee (this was decided after the meeting) Commissioner Nelson 1 Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee {M) Commissioner Foushee Commissioner Jacobs 1 1 Central Orange Senior Center Design Commissioner Jacobs 1 Committee M CHCSS Elementary School #10 Work Group (M) Commissioner Foushee 1 Efland-Mebane SAP Implementation Focus Group (M) Commissioner Jacobs 1 Eno EDD Small Area Plan Taskforce M Cammissianer Faushee 1 First School Planning Work Group (M} Commissioner Foushee Hillsborough Joint Planning Strategic Growth Committee (M) Commissioner Jacobs 2 Hollow Rock Park Planning Taskforce (M} Commissioner Jacobs Commissioner Gordan alt 1 1 IFC Comprehensive Service Center Work Group {M) Cammissianer Faushee 1 IFC Men's Residential Facility Work Group (M) Cammissianer Gordon 1 Justice Facilities Exterior Planning Committee {M) Cammissianer Gordon Commissioner Jacobs 4 4 Justice Facilities Interior Planning Committee {M) Commissioner Carey 4 Library Services Taskforce (M) Cammissianer Jacobs Commissioner Nelson 1 1 Master Aging Plan Taskforce {M) Commissioner Gordon Commissioner Jacobs 1 1 NC Hwy 57 Speedway Small Area Plan Taskforce M Commissioner Carey Commissioner Jacobs 1 1 New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm Master Planning Taskforce {M) Commissioner Gordon Cammissianer Jacobs 1 1 Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force (M) Commissioner Carey 1 Smith Level Road Taskforce Commissioner Gordan Solid Waste Management Work Group {M) Commissioner Jacobs 2 Transfer of Development Rights Taskforce (M) Commissioner Jacobs 1 Twin Creeks Workgroup {M) Commissioner Carey Commissioner Gordon 4 Ex-Officio (off limits) Communi Leadershi Council M Chair Serves Hillsborough/Orange County Chamber of Commerce (change to liaison} (L) Chair Serves NACo Voting Delegate (M) Delegate is chosen by BOCC NCACC Coun Le illative Liaison M Mike Nelson Triangle Transit Authority -Special tax Board {M) Chair Serves Upper Neuse River Basin Association (M) Chair serves Boards where BOCC members are officers- off limits Durham-Chapel Hill Carrbara Transportation Commissioner Gordon Adviso Committee M Commissioner Carey (alternate) NCACC Environment Steering Committee Commissioner Gordon Triangle J Council of Governments {M} Cammissioner Jacobs Cammissioner Gordan (alternate) TTA Board of Trustees (M} Commissioner Gordon Planning/Legislative and Personnel Committees Boards without BOCC representation Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee (L} Cable TV Advisor Committee L Durham Technical Community College Satellite Campus Advisory Committee for Programming Needs Assessment (M} * to be reinstated at a later date Equalization and Review Board (April-June)(M} Health Carolinians M Research Triangle Regional Partnership (M) Small Business Work Group (M) Workforce Development Board -Regional Partnership (M} Boards without a BOCC seat Arts Commission Historic Preservation Commission H coneechee Re Tonal Libra Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee Orange County Board of Adjustment Oran e Count Plannin Board Personnel Hearing Board With na further items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:57 p.m. Moses Carey, Jr., Chair Donna S. Baker Clerk to the Board