THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Monday, April 9,
2001
AGENDA
3:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Revisions to Capital Improvement
Program
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5:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Closed Session
The Board of Commissioners is requested to adjourn to closed
session to consider the performance of a public officer pursuant to G. S. §
143-318.11(a)(6).
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7:00 P.M.
1. Opening of Regular Session—Pledge of Allegiance
2.
Agenda Adjustments
None
3. Minutes
a.
March 12, 2001 BOCC/DSS
b.
March 12, 2001 Regular Session
Commissioner Heron moved, seconded
by Vice-Chairman Reckhow, to approve the March 12, 2001 BOCC/DSS and March 12,
2001 Regular Session Minutes of the Board as submitted.
The
motion carried unanimously.
4. Resolution for Duke University Men’s Basketball Team
5. Recognition from Triangle United Way
Durham County
Government has received the “Community Recognition Award" for a successful 2000
United Way Campaign. Mr. Mike Smith of
Durham County Emergency Medical Services was the coordinator of this year’s
outstanding campaign. He was recently
presented a recognition plaque from Triangle United Way.
County
Manager's Recommendation: Accept the plaque and recognize
Mr. Mike Smith for his energy, enthusiasm, and hard work in leading a
successful employee campaign.
6. Joint Durham County/Orange County Award—“Local Government Conservationist
of the Year"
7. Triangle Clean Cities Designation
The Triangle Clean
Cities Coalition recently held a conference and designation celebration to
recognize participation in the National Clean Cities Program. Durham County has been designated as a
partner in the Triangle Clean Cities Coalition.
Vice-Chairman Ellen Reckhow attended the conference and received a plaque from
the U. S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities Program.
County
Manager's Recommendation: Receive remarks from Vice Chairman
Reckhow on Triangle Clean Cities
8. Recognition from U. S. Census Bureau
Durham County is
the recipient of recognition from the U. S. Census Bureau for outstanding
efforts in making Census 2000 a success.
Durham County was an early participant in the process. Chairman MaryAnn Black and Mayor Nick
Tennyson jointly proclaimed Year 2000 the “Year of the Census."
The Durham County
Commissioners and Durham City Council members formed a partnership and
appointed a “Complete Count Committee" to develop local public information
initiatives to increase Durham’s participation in the Census. Mr. Dave Neill of the Durham Chamber of
Commerce chaired that group. Deborah
Craig-Ray, Public Information/Governmental Affairs Director, served as staff
liaison.
County
Manager's Recommendation: Receive the certificate and thank
all who assisted in making Census 2000 a success.
9. Consent Agenda
a. Street
Annexation Petition—Delmar Drive (Delmar Forest Subdivision) (adopt the
resolution to approve the addition of Delmar Drive to the state’s road
maintenance system subject to the certification of eligibility by the
appropriate officials of the NC Department of Transportation);
b. Street
Closing—Alston Avenue (SC00-6): Setting a Public Hearing (set a public hearing
for April 23, 2001 to consider permanently closing 486 ± linear feet [.65 acre] of Alston
Avenue);
c.
Budget Ordinance Amendment No.
01BCC000059—Youth Home—Payment to State for Out-Of-County Placement of Durham
Delinquents (approve the requested appropriation of $68,000 for the Youth Home;
the necessary funds will be reallocated from the Court-Ordered Child Services
budget within the Human Services function to the Youth Home budget within the
Public Safety function);
f.
Resolution for Establishment of
Policy and Procedures for Appointments to County Boards, Commissions,
Committees, or Authorities (approved the revised resolution).
Note: The purpose of
a consent agenda is to handle consensus items with one motion to save time on
meeting agendas. Any item a Board
member pulls for discussion should be placed at the end of the agenda so public
hearings can be concluded as early as possible. This will provide for the least inconvenience to the general
public attending the public hearings.
Commissioner Bowser moved, seconded by Commissioner
Cousin, to approve consent agenda items Nos. 9(a) through 9(f).
The
motion carried unanimously.
10. A Public
Hearing to Consider an Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Regarding Intermittent
Stream Buffer Width
The Durham Zoning Ordinance requires
that an undisturbed, naturally-vegetated stream buffer be preserved along all
intermittent and perennial streams. The
purpose of the stream buffer is to enhance and maintain water quality, protect
stream channel wetlands, minimize stormwater runoff, reduce sedimentation and
erosion, conserve plant and wildlife habitat, and protect wildlife movement
corridors.
Buffers of greater width are
required in watershed protection areas.
Required buffers are 30, 50, 100, or 150 feet wide on each side of the
stream, depending on the type of stream and its location. Generally, wider buffers are required on
perennial streams, in critical areas, and in more sensitive watersheds.
Water supply watershed protection
requirements cover approximately three-quarters of Durham County and have
minimum stream buffer widths of 50 feet.
Likewise, Neuse River Basin Management Strategy requirements cover
another eighth of the county and also have minimum stream buffer widths of 50
feet. Buffers as small as 30 feet apply
only to the portions of Durham County outside of these areas. To offer more consistency and less confusion
and to enhance water quality protection, the Joint City-County Planning
Committee has recommended that the minimum stream buffer width be increased
from 30 to 50 feet throughout the County.
Resource
Person(s): Keith Luck, Planning Supervisor
11. Update on 2001 Durham County
Legislative Agenda
12. Establishing Fees for Plan Amendments
and Landscape Extension Requests
The Board is being
requested
to approve new fees for amendments to Small Area Plans, 2020
Plan, and Corridor Plans and for extensions on landscape installation.
Commissioner
Heron moved, seconded by Commissioner Cousin, to adopt the proposed fees as
described in the proposal.
The
motion carried unanimously.
13. Interlocal Agreement to Establish a
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Bicycle and pedestrian issues are
gaining increasing importance in transportation and land use planning, but
Durham has no channel for citizen advocacy and input into these
discussions. This interlocal agreement
will create a 15-member Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC), with
six members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners and six by the City
Council to represent various constituencies.
There will be three additional members as liaisons from the Durham Open
Space and Trails Commission (DOST), the Recreation Advisory Commission (RAC),
and the Planning Commission. The
members appointed by the elected officials will serve three-year terms; the
liaisons from the other commissions will serve one-year terms.
The
proposed BPAC will have the responsibility to advise the City and County on
bicycle and pedestrian issues. The BPAC
will also be charged with increasing public education on these same issues and
promoting intergovernmental and public/private partnerships on bicycle and
pedestrian matters. Staff is requesting
that the Board authorize the County Manager to sign the interlocal
agreement to create a Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission.
