Dr. William Anlyan, Chairman of the City of Medicine Board of Directors, will introduce the winners in the categories of medical specialist and medical technician and the runners-up in the two categories.

The winner in the medical specialist category is Lauren Parnell of Southern High School. The medical technician winner is LaToya Harris, also of Southern High School. The runner-up in the medical specialist category is Erica Quick of Hillside High School. Carla Rich of Cresset Christian Academy is the runner-up in the medical technician category.
 

Beverly Norwood has been with the Planning Department for two years. She has been tasked with the special assignment of accelerating the implementation of the Durham Greenways Master Plan, which calls for the acquisition of property to be used for greenway trails. Ms. Norwood has provided exceptional leadership in this work. The range of activities for this role require a multi-talented individual.
Ms. Norwood has demonstrated: creativity and perseverance in converting plan proposals into site specific trail locations, negotiation skill and salesmanship in convincing property owners of the benefits of devoting their property to trail use, and project management and facilitation abilities in bringing together representatives from many departments to resolve successfully the many logistical challenges which accompany a Plan of this scope.

Additionally, Ms. Norwood has gone the extra mile and demonstrated her "civic dedication" by successfully organizing a squad of volunteers to spend a weekend constructing trails in the vicinity of New Hope Creek on two occasions.

Paul Norby, Planning Director, will provide introductory comments.

County Manager’s Recommendation:

Present the September Anchor Award to Jane Korest and the October Anchor Award to Beverly Norwood.
 

The County will retain the right to use the parking spaces during the times mentioned above if the County requires the spaces for a special event or function. Trackside Group, LLC will bear the sole responsibility to regulate the use of the parking spaces by residents of West Village during the specified hours and will be required to issue parking decals and install a gated entrance with restricted card access. The lease agreement can be terminated by the County upon thirty (30) days’ written notice if the County considers that the shared parking arrangement limits or impairs County operations or if the County decides to sell the property.

Resource Person: David M. Powell
 

The revisions consist of replacing the current capital facility, line frontage, and acreage fees with a single, new capital recovery charge. The revised fee schedule and associated ordinance are attached.

This public hearing was scheduled at the October 5 Worksession and advertised as required 10 days prior to the hearing.

Glen Whisler will present this item and answer questions raised by the Board.

County Manager’s Recommendation:

Adopt the attached ordinance and fee schedule.
 

Gail Sherron, Planner, Durham City-County Planning Department, will be present to answer any questions of staff regarding the request.
 

At the public hearing on October 12, 1998, members of the Greater Durham Lodge stated their opposition to the closing of Crystal Lake Road. The Lodge owns land on the north side of the portion of Crystal Lake Road proposed for closing. Staff has been discussing options with members of the Lodge and the applicant. A progress report will be presented to the Commissioners.

Vonda Frantz, Senior Planner with the Durham City-County Planning Department, will be present to answer questions of staff regarding the request to close this street.

County Manager’s Recommendation:

The County Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the request to permanently close 24,763± square feet of Crystal Lake Road.

Lowell Siler will be at the meeting to present this item. Paul Norby will also be available for questions.

County Manager’s Recommendation:

Adoption of the amendment to the zoning ordinance identified as TC80-98.

The selected hardware/software is in compliance with Durham County’s computer equipment standards.

This purchase is part of the implementation of the Data General Replacement Project (DC042), originally presented to the Board as a key component of the Information Technology County technology plan and funded by the Board as a Pay-As-You-Go project in February 1998, and the Year 2000 Compliance Project.

As presented by the County Manager in September 1998, the Year 2000 Project is proceeding on schedule. The replacement of the Data General terminals with personal computers on the Durham County Wide Area Network is a critical component of implementation of the applications now being converted from the Data General computer to the AS/400. Our plan is to allow continued access from the PCs to the Data General until the AS/400 application is converted and tested. At that time the DG access will be removed and the application will continue on the AS/400.

Costs for locations and departments effected by this project include:

Perry Dixon, Director of Information Technology, is recommending approval of these purchases and will be attending the meeting to answer any questions.

County Manager’s Recommendation: Authorize County Manager to enter into contracts with Compucom to replace 61 DG terminals with personal computers for $94,572.