Mr. Richard Myers, Chief Executive Officer, Durham County Hospital Corporation, and Trustee Wilson will present the financial condition update as requested by the Commissioners.

Resource Person(s): Chairman MaryAnn E. Black and Commissioner Joe W. Bowser, Board Liaison to the Durham County Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees and member of the Corporation’s Finance/Planning Committee.

County Manager's Recommendation: Receive the report from Mr. Myers and Mr. Wilson of the Durham County Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees.

Resource Person(s): Norman Standerfer, Planning Director

County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager’s recommendation is that the Board provide direction to staff in preparing future rezoning and site plan staff reports.

Resource Person(s): Carol Booth, Director of Board Elections

County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager’s recommendation is that the Board accept the presentation as information.

At the April 10, 2000 meeting, the Board adopted a resolution supporting Multi-Family Revenue Bonds for Alston Village to provide additional affordable housing units for working people who cannot otherwise afford to pay market rates for housing in Durham County.

NRP Group will present to the Board of County Commissioners a request to rezone 41.84 acres located on the east side of Alston Avenue, north of T. W. Alexander Drive. (Tax Map 542B-1-11 & 12; 543-3-5A; PIN #0737-36-1996; 0737–37-7399; 0737-36-1054.) The specific request is to rezone I-2 (Light Industrial District), NC (Neighborhood Commercial) & RD (Rural District) to RM-12 (D) (Multifamily Residential District with Development Plan).

The proposal is in conformance with the adopted small area plan and the 2020 Plan. Staff recommends approval. The Zoning Committee of the Durham Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on April 11, 2000 and voted 3-4 to recommend denial, principally because of concerns with the ability of the school infrastructure to accommodate additional students.

Case Planner: Dwight Yarborough

The public hearing for this request was advertised on April 21 and 28, 2000 in the Durham Herald-Sun.

Resource Person(s): Dick Hails and Norman Standerfer, Planning Department

County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Board hold the public hearing and approve, if appropriate, based upon public comment.

The survey indicates that the Falls Reservoir extends up the Ellerbee Creek tributary to a point approximately 1,800 feet eastward (or downstream) of the point identified in 1992 by the Corps as the extent of the normal pool. Using this delineation would result in the arcs that identify the boundary of the Critical and Protected Areas moving toward the reservoir by the same amount. However, Durham’s change of delineation of the normal pool based on better technical information would require a change in the NC Administrative Code in order to maintain compliance with State rules.

Planning staff recommends that Durham City and County accept the survey as more accurate and better information about the location of the Falls Reservoir normal pool on the Ellerbee Creek tributary. Planning staff also recommends that Durham City and County petition the NC Environmental Management Commission to amend the NC Administrative Code to acknowledge this more accurate and better technical information about the location of the Falls Reservoir normal pool on the Ellerbee Creek tributary.

Resource Person(s): Keith Luck, Senior Planner, Durham City-County Planning Department

County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager’s recommendation is that the Board accept the survey as more accurate and better information about the location of the Falls Reservoir normal pool on the Ellerbee Creek tributary. The Manager further recommends that the County join with the City to petition the NC Environmental Management Commission to amend the NC Administrative Code to acknowledge this more accurate and better technical information about the location of the Falls Reservoir normal pool on the Ellerbee Creek tributary.

The Youth Coordinating Board facilitated the first meetings between the required participant agencies (Public Schools, Sheriff, Police, and Mental Health) to determine their interest in pursuing the grant. Ms. Donna Smith, Assistant Superintendent for Durham Public Schools (the required applicant agency), and Anita Daniels-Kenney coordinated future meetings and expanded the group to include Durham’s Partnership for Children, Duke University, and Durham Health Department. This group developed a comprehensive plan for Safe Schools/Healthy Students. We identified three general levels of service needed to create this comprehensive system. They are: Universal: Programs/services (chiefly preventive in nature) to be available to all youth or schools. At-risk: Prevention and early intervention programs/services that are provided to students considered at-risk for academic failure, substance abuse, mental health problems, or involvement in violence (offender, victim, or witness). Involved: Intervention programs/services for youth who have already become involved in the justice system, who are abusing substances, who have been suspended from school, or have demonstrated serious mental health problems.

The six categories of the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative are: Safe School Environment, Alcohol and Other Drugs and Violence Prevention/Early Intervention, School & Community Mental Health Prevention/Treatment Services, Early Childhood Psychosocial/Emotional Development, Educational Reform, and Safe Schools Policies. YouthLink, a unified database to link agencies that serve the same children (similar to Winston-Salem’s Jason Network) is included in the grant and will be managed by the Youth Coordinating Board. Also, as a part of this grant, Mental Health will provide substance abuse treatment and prevention staff to be housed in the schools. Additionally, Mental Health will expand MST (intensive in-home counseling services) to high-risk children and families. The Health Department will expand its Teen Outreach Program to more schools.

The Youth Coordinating Board, in its role of providing coordination on grant proposals and oversight on the implementation of funded programs, will serve as the advisory/oversight board to the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Leadership Team.

Resource Person(s): Anita A. Daniels, MSW, Youth Coordinating Board Director

County Manager's Recommendation: Accept the Youth Coordinating Board’s report and congratulate the participating county departments, Durham Public Schools, and other community agencies for working collaboratively to receive the grant.

The resolution further recognizes the hardships created by unfunded mandates. Any program developed by the General Assembly should provide funding for any mandates imposed on counties to implement the program.

County Manager's Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution supporting HR 1396, which if passed, would place an Amendment to the North Carolina Constitution on the ballot during the general election of November 2000 to recognize health care as a fundamental right of all residents of North Carolina.

Resource Person(s): Rosemary Waldorf, Chair of the Transportation Advisory Committee

County Manager's Recommendation: The Manager’s recommendation is that the Board accept the presentation of the resolution, approve it if appropriate, and refer the item to staff to determine if there are staffing or other procedural implications.

County Manager's Recommendation: Receive for informational purposes.