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The meeting is adjourned

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Good evening. Tonight the City and State deal will be covering the Town Council meeting for the city of Chapel Hill.

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The floor is now open for public comment

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The Council has moved onto Agenda item 2, which is discussing conditional zoning for 1165 Weaver Dairy Road

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There is now a discussion on conditional zoning for 860 Weaver Road

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The project has complete community alignment and is aligned with the Future Land Use Map

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The Council is discussing a zoning map petition for 860 Weaver Dairy Road

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Ashley Trudeau a federal employee of the Chapel Hill area is speaking on the effects of ICE in her neighborhood

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The floor has been opened for public comment

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Council Member Rivers is reading the Black History Month proclamation.

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The first action item on the agenda is to officially proclaim Black History Month

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The meeting has ajourned.

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Good evening. My name is Lorelai Palmer and I will be covering tonight’s Orange County Board of County Commissioners Meeting that began at 7 pm.

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The county manager proposed using an executive recruiter and a small commissioner group to select a tax administrator and candidates for finalists for board interview.

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Elizabeth Overcash reports on Animal Services' statistics, programs, services, guiding welfare philosophies, and finances.

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Time for public comment and discussion on the 2025 report of the Longtime Homeowner Assistance Program.

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Blake Rosser gives annual report on the Longtime Homeowners Assistance Program; applications, awards, and monetary amounts.

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Transportation Director Sarah Williamson elaborates on the amendments to the transit tax district annual work plan for quarter two.

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Hughes explains that OWASA may adjust rate projections and elaborates on the high water levels at the University Lake Dam, and how that is a Carrboro concern, not OWASA.

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Commissioner Bedford asks Hughes about OWASA, and he responds that they cannot extend water/sewer lines outside designated areas, and the concern of commercial businesses being on the land is a zoning concern, not OWASA.

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Hughes says the decision to separate the PFAs treatment project from the clearwell project was driven by site constraints at Morgan Creek, timing, and performance/infrastruction risk.