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UID:meeting-3680@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240926
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/ Orange County Visitors Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau's advisory board tracks how the county spends its hotel-tax dollars and how it courts visitors. On its agenda: North Carolina's America 250 grant program\, which has already awarded about $990\,000 of a $2 million fund for events marking the country's 250th anniversary\, a fundraising push for a hockey rink near Carraway Village\, and a proposed rebrand of the bureau's logo.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2097\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3680
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09252024-2097
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3612@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241016
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on the county's first Short Range Transit Plan\, a five-year plan for same-day demand-response service\, a new Mebane circulator and two phases each of Hillsborough circulator consolidation and improvements. The board also weighed $275\,000 in added debt financing for an all-electric heat pump system and LED lighting at the Durham Tech Orange County campus expansion.\n\nThe rest of the agenda held four proclamations\, an Arts Commission economic-impact report\, and a 12-item consent agenda covering the 2025 property reappraisal schedule\, construction contracts for the Fairview Park pickleball courts and the Efland-Cheeks Community Center\, and board and commission appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2103\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1763?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3612
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152024-2103
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3679@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241017
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau's advisory board took up a staff request to move $201\,842 from the bureau's fund reserve to cover higher advertising costs\, including a sponsorship tied to Sonark Media's PBS special. Members also heard a presentation on the economic impact of arts spending in Orange County and approved minutes from two earlier meetings.\n\nThe board also reviewed the tourism agency's branding\, including a possible logo redesign\, and got an update on new tenants at the Innovate Carolina Junction\, where the meeting was held\, including added space for Durham Tech's Small Business Center.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10162024-2104\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3679
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10162024-2104
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3736@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241107
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nA splash pad or other water feature at an Orange County park was on the agenda for the county's Parks and Recreation Council\, along with a letter backing a state trails grant and updates on the council's 2025 work plan. Members also reviewed construction progress at three parks and results from the county's yearly nature photography contest.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062024-2119\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3736
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062024-2119
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3611@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241108
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners were set to decide whether to raise the pay cap for the county's ABC General Manager from $132\,000 to as much as $150\,000\, and whether to raise ABC board member stipends for the first time since 2004. The agenda also carried an updated Safe Routes to School plan recommending crosswalks\, sidewalks and reduced speed zones near schools across the county.\n\nHousing staff planned to report on the first quarter under new Emergency Housing Assistance rules\, including a rising share of denied applications. A 20-item consent agenda covered property tax releases\, vehicle and equipment purchases for Solid Waste and Emergency Services\, two donated conservation easements\, and a $2 regional vehicle registration tax increase for GoTriangle.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072024-2126\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1767?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3611
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11072024-2126
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3625@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241113
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe Orange County Advisory Board on Aging's November meeting covered staff changes at the Passmore and Seymour Centers\, continued funding for two senior programs\, and the first quarterly report of year three of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan. The board also planned to approve its 2025 meeting calendar and hear updates from three affiliated groups: the Senior Tar Heel Legislature delegation\, the Nursing Home and Adult Care Home Joint Community Advisory Committee\, and the Friends groups at both senior centers.\n\nNew business included a proposal from board member Jon Wilner to pair seniors with schoolchildren in an after-school art program developed with the ArtsCenter\, aimed at grades 3\, 7 and 11.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2175\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3625
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122024-2175
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3713@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241120
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nOrange County's Human Relations Commission met November 19\, 2024 short of members. A resignation took effect immediately\, leaving the outreach and engagement chair and the secretary's seat open and the commission struggling for a quorum.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2249\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3713
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192024-2249
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3678@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241121
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nUNC's athletics department told the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau advisory board on November 20\, 2024 that it is weighing seven options for the Dean E. Smith Center\, including building a new arena at one of five sites. Simply repairing and maintaining the existing building would cost $150 million over twenty years.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2135\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3678
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11202024-2135
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3682@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241122
SUMMARY:Orange County: Climate Council
DESCRIPTION:Climate Council\n\nThe Orange County Climate Council\, which brings together elected officials and staff from the county\, Chapel Hill\, Carrboro\, Hillsborough\, both school districts and UNC\, met November 21\, 2024 to compare notes on what is working\, plan a joint public campaign\, and look at how little young people are involved in any of it.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11212024-2131\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3682
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11212024-2131
CATEGORIES:Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3735@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241205
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council learned on December 4\, 2024 that it will steer the county trails plan\, its main work for 2025. The council also recommended appointments to three of its own seats and heard the transportation director open a year-long bicycle and pedestrian plan.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12042024-2140\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3735
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12042024-2140
CATEGORIES:Other
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3689@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241210
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nOrange County's Commission for the Environment spent December 9\, 2024 finishing its annual report to commissioners and deciding who should write the county's next State of the Environment report.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092024-2141\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3689
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12092024-2141
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3624@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nOrange County's Advisory Board on Aging closed 2024 with a working meeting at the Seymour Center: first-quarter reports on year three of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan\, staffing changes at the Department on Aging\, and talks with Mebane about serving its older residents.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2176\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3624
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102024-2176
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3700@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241212
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nOrange County's Historic Preservation Commission took no decisions on December 11\, 2024. It spent the meeting on the county's justice facility expansion\, which will affect the historic courthouse and the master plan for courthouse square\, and on three properties moving toward the National Register.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12112024-2146\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3700
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12112024-2146
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3677@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250116
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met at the state high school athletic association's headquarters on 15 January 2025. Staff presented twenty years of tourism growth in the county\, and the board began considering whether to redesign its logo.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01152025-2179\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3677
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01152025-2179
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3603@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250211
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250212
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners heard ten advisory boards present annual work plans on 11 February 2025 and discussed the state of the county's homelessness partnership. Two of the partnership's guiding documents are years out of date.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02112025-2188\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1783?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3603
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02112025-2188
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3711@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250225
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250226
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe Orange County Human Relations Commission voted on 25 February 2025 to place a commemorative marker at Blackwood Farms in recognition of the burial ground for enslaved people there. Geological testing is complete and the inscription comes back at the next meeting.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252025-2258\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3711
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02252025-2258
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3599@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250311
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250312
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners heard nine advisory boards present their annual work plans on 11 March 2025\, took the consultant's presentation on the draft 2050 land use plan\, worked through appointments to six boards\, and added a letter to their congressional delegation about federal budget reconciliation.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112025-2203\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1793?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3599
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03112025-2203
CATEGORIES:Work session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3597@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250319
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners spent 18 March 2025 on three long discussions: the annual update from the Orange Water and Sewer Authority\, where Medicaid expansion stands a year on\, and two accumulated fund balances the board has to decide what to do with. Nobody spoke in public comment.\n\nThe agenda document could not be retrieved\; this account is written from the approved minutes.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182025-2208\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1795?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3597
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182025-2208
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3675@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250320
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met on 19 March 2025 with the future of its occupancy tax funding recently settled. The commissioners had considered three options\, including diverting a third of the fund to other tourism initiatives\, and instructed the county manager to leave the budget as it is while putting more money into the Arts Commission.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03192025-2207\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3675
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03192025-2207
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3710@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250326
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe Orange County Human Relations Commission spent most of its 25 March 2025 meeting on the graves at Blackwood Farm\, where the county's cultural resources coordinator asked the commission to help erect markers. Staff also told the commission that the equity and inclusion office will be renamed Human Relations and Civil Rights\, and that fair housing work will return to it.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03252025-2256\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3710
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03252025-2256
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3674@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250417
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met on 16 April 2025 with its budget under pressure. Chapel Hill's interim manager is proposing to cut the town's funding from $550\,000 to $200\,000\, and staff expect the bureau's fund balance to be drawn on for other county projects.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04162025-2238\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3674
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04162025-2238
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3709@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250422
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250423
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe Orange County Human Relations Commission met on 22 April 2025 to fill four of its own vacancies\, hold executive board elections\, and vote on an honorarium. The commission also took an update on the Blackwood Farms marker and its headstone\, and prepared invitations for the Pauli Murray Awards.\n\nIts three subcommittees reported: strategic advisory nominations and governance\, outreach and engagement\, and community events. County equity and inclusion staff brought updates on upcoming events\, support for board diversity\, and a community dinner.\n\nNo minutes have been published for this meeting\, so what the commission decided is not on the record here.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222025-2257\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3709
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04222025-2257
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3673@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250522
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nA ninety-minute board meeting at the Hyatt Place in Southern Village. On the agenda: the university's local relations director as guest speaker\, preparations for an international football match at Kenan Stadium in June\, summer events\, a meeting planning partnership\, and officers for the coming fiscal year.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212025-2266\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3673
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05212025-2266
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3584@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250530
SUMMARY:Orange County: Budget Public Hearing and Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe formal public hearing on the county manager's recommended 2025-26 budget and the ten-year capital plan\, followed by a work session. The manager presented the recommended budget on 6 May\; this is the last hearing before the board decides amendments on 5 June. Four board appointment discussions follow the hearing.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05292025-2273\nWatch: https://orange-nc.granicus.com/player/clip/1830?view_id=2&redirect=true\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3584
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05292025-2273
CATEGORIES:Public hearing
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3683@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250609
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250610
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nThe Commission for the Environment's last meeting before its summer break\, at the Bonnie B. Davis Environment and Agriculture Center and on Teams. The agenda runs to a schedule by the minute: membership and candidate introductions at 7:04\, an environmental awards proposal at 7:15\, progress on the State of the Environment report at 7:35\, and fifty minutes of subcommittee breakouts before the room reconvenes to report back. The commission advises the county commissioners and does most of its work through three subcommittees: air and energy\, water\, and land.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06092025-2282\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3683
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06092025-2282
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3618@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250611
SUMMARY:Orange County: Orange County Advisory Board on Aging Agenda
DESCRIPTION:Advisory Board on Aging\n\nThe Advisory Board on Aging's quarterly working meeting at the Seymour Center\, running two hours and also on Teams\, which the county switched to from Zoom for this meeting. The agenda covers the aging director's report\, third-quarter reports against year three of the 2022-27 Master Aging Plan\, the new county budget\, and board appointments.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102025-2302\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3618
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102025-2302
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3672@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250618
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250619
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met on 18 June 2025 at the Graduate hotel to hear from the head of Visit Raleigh and to take up the bureau's own long-term strategy and 2025-26 budget.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06182025-2292\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3672
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06182025-2292
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2230@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250807
SUMMARY:Orange County: Parks and Recreation Council
DESCRIPTION:Parks & Recreation Council\n\nOrange County's Parks and Recreation Council considers whether to send its Parks and Recreation 2030 Master Plan mid-plan review to the Board of County Commissioners\, more than a year after finishing the report. Staff are recommending a new cover letter and a start on the plan's successor.\n\nThe council also reviews results of the 2025 Nature of Orange photography contest\, previews which items it will take up between September and December\, and hears a director's update on Fairview Park and county park facilities.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08062025-2321\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2230
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08062025-2321
CATEGORIES:Other
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UID:meeting-2013@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250910
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nThe Orange County Board of Commissioners hears the first of several staff presentations answering its own questions about the Land Use Plan 2050 update. This one covers the plan's data sources and how watersheds limit development. It also covers the county's joint planning agreements with its towns\, including the Water and Sewer Management\, Planning and Boundary Agreement. The board also takes up reappointments to seven advisory boards\, discusses where closed sessions fall on future meeting agendas\, and weighs the future of its Strategic Communications Work Group.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2377\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/12?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2013
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09092025-2377
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2148@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251015
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251016
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau's advisory board hears from Lewis Broadnax\, president of Hillsborough-based Adam & Eve parent company PHE\, Inc.\, on how the retailer is adapting its marketing to younger consumers. The board also considers appropriating money from its own fund balance to market this spring's Savannah Bananas games at Kenan Stadium. The agenda also includes a sales and campaign update from the bureau's media partner and routine community updates.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152025-2410\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2148
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10152025-2410
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2008@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251022
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners hold a public hearing on joining the state's C-PACE program\, which lets commercial property owners finance energy and resiliency upgrades through a voluntary assessment rather than county funds. The board also reviews cost-cutting design options for the Crisis Diversion Facility\, whose original $28.2 million design came in over budget\, and discusses a draft interlocal agreement setting up joint oversight of school construction projects with both school districts.\n\nConsent items include a solar feasibility study agreement with the Town of Hillsborough\, a six-month extension of an opioid-funding contract with Freedom House Recovery Center\, and a $97\,503 state arts grant.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/26?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2008
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10212025-2412
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-2007@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251106
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251107
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners are set to consider releasing $54\,000 from the Social Justice Reserve to help food providers after the federal shutdown cut November SNAP benefits in half. About 4\,700 county households — 8\,700 people — received SNAP in September\, and all of them face a 50 percent reduction until the program is fully funded again.\n\nThe county manager proposes splitting the money four ways: $15\,000 each to the Interfaith Council in Chapel Hill and Orange Congregations in Mission in Hillsborough to stock their pantries\, and $12\,000 each to Porch Chapel Hill and Porch Hillsborough for food distributions two days later\, on November 8. Orange Congregations in Mission has agreed to waive its referral requirement for new clients until benefits are restored in full.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062025-2427\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/29?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2007
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11062025-2427
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2147@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251120
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board takes up a budget update and Savannah Bananas planning under the executive director's report\, plus a communications and digital strategy update from bureau staff. UNC's newly appointed director of special projects\, Marcus Ginyard\, addresses the board on coordination between the university and local governments. Board members also share community updates.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2446\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2147
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11192025-2446
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2170@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251211
SUMMARY:Orange County: Historic Preservation Commission
DESCRIPTION:Historic Preservation Commission\n\nThe church that owns the Harvey's Chapel cemetery has told Orange County it will consider donating the site\, on condition that it be permanently protected. The county's historic preservation commission heard that on December 10\, alongside news that a grant will pay for expanding the trail network at Seven Mile Creek Preserve\, including a spur trail letting hikers walk up to the cemetery and the site of the original church.\n\nStaff want a high-quality interpretive sign at the cemetery and have arranged to meet a church leader about how to proceed. Members will hike the site late in the winter.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102025-2472\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2170
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_12102025-2472
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2146@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260122
SUMMARY:Orange County: Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board's January 21 agenda calls for a report from the executive director\, a finance report\, and updates from members\, along with approval of the November 19 minutes. No new business is listed.\n\nThe finance report attached to the agenda puts the bureau 69 percent through its annual budget as of December\, with 84 percent of its sales and marketing line and about half its arts commission budget already spent.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2494\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2146
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_01212026-2494
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-1994@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260311
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County's commissioners heard the second group of county boards and commissions present their annual work plans on March 10\, a yearly exercise in which each board reports what it did and what it plans\, measured against the commissioners' strategic goals. The first group presented on February 10.\nThe board then returned to the Land Use Plan 2050 information request and closed with appointment discussions for eight advisory bodies.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2549\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/42?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/1994
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03102026-2549
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2144@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319
SUMMARY:Orange County: March Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau board met in Carrboro on March 18\, at the Drakeford Library Complex\, and opened with a welcome from the Carrboro town manager and a reading by a former Carrboro poet laureate who sits on the board.\n\nThe executive director reported on final details for a sold-out Savannah Bananas event\, other major April events in the county\, and the bureau's plans for a July 4 event at the Colonial Inn tied to the nation's 250th anniversary.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182026-2583\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2144
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03182026-2583
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2186@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260429
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nThe longest item on the agenda is forty-five minutes for all commissioners to score submissions for the Pauli Murray Awards. The commission also takes the Blackwood Farms marker\, sets its August retreat date\, and hears committee reports on outreach and community events.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04282026-2590\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2186
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04282026-2590
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2155@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260512
SUMMARY:Orange County: Commission for the Environment
DESCRIPTION:Commission for the Environment\n\nThe commission introduces a new applicant but takes no membership vote this month\, discusses its Earth Day event and the first of a new award\, and works through the final drafts of the State of the Environment report. Each subcommittee needs to supply one person to help with final edits.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-2599\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2155
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05112026-2599
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2142@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
SUMMARY:Orange County: May Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board
DESCRIPTION:Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau\n\nThe bureau's executive director has announced her retirement\, and that shapes the whole meeting. The chair opens with it\, and proposes postponing the formation of strategic subcommittees until later in the summer pending guidance on the county's succession planning process. Then the draft 2026-27 budgets from the county and town managers\, and an analysis of what a large sporting event actually returned.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2142
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_05202026-2610
CATEGORIES:Advisory board meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2183@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260823
SUMMARY:Orange County: HRC Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Human Relations Commission\n\nA seven-hour Saturday retreat\, 9:00 to 4:00\, where the commission sets its own direction for the year and the decade. Morning: closing out the 2026 budget year and opening 2027\, a keep-or-toss exercise on what the commission does\, and subcommittee breakouts to write charters and priority statements. Afternoon: planning the year's events\, then a three-year strategy and a ten-year vision.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08222026-2656\nWatch: https://www.orangecountync.gov/953/Board-of-County-Commissioners-BOCC\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2183
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08222026-2656
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2918@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260911
SUMMARY:Orange County: Work Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners meet Thursday for the twice-yearly progress report on the countywide strategic plan\, and for a first look at a draft Strategic Communications and Civic Partnership Plan. The rest of the evening is appointments to thirteen advisory boards.\n\nThe communications plan would set a county-wide framework for how Orange County talks to residents and staff\, treating communication as a core public service rather than a support function. Its stated aims are clearer and more consistent messaging\, wider access\, stronger internal capacity\, and durable relationships with communities.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2664\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/67?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2918
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09102026-2664
CATEGORIES:Work session
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-4713@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T061932Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261007
SUMMARY:Orange County: Business Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Board of County Commissioners\n\nOrange County commissioners receive the final report Tuesday night from GAR Associates\, the firm hired in May to audit the 2025 property revaluation after residents and board members questioned it. GAR finds the values meet the minimum statistical standards but that several office practices do not. It recommends a true sales-comparison approach for homes\, a new land valuation strategy and a statistical appraisal specialist on staff. The only public hearing is on fiscal 2028 transit grant applications seeking $515\,928.\n\nThe 23-item consent agenda carries $251\,517 in property tax refunds\, new agreements with eight rural fire departments\, and a $135\,000 salary for Register of Deeds Amy McLamb. It also awards the county's federal HOME-ARP rental assistance money to Housing for New Hope\, the only applicant\, and endorses the Andrews House\, a 1950s Modernist home\, for the National Register. Information memos set out a schedule for data center rules\, with a hearing expected in March 2027\, and report bus ridership up 52% to 137% under the fare-free pilot.\n\nAgenda: https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10062026-2686\nWatch: https://orangecountync.cablecast.tv/show/73?site=1\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4713
URL:https://www.orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_10062026-2686
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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