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Board of Commissioners — Joint Meeting with the Board of Education

Chatham County · Board of Commissioners
Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 6:00 pm · Chatham County Schools Central Services, 468 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312

Regular meeting Schools and educationHousing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plansBroadband and technologyComprehensive planContracts and procurementGrants and outside fundingHealth and human servicesLand conversion and large developmentParks and recreationPublic facilities

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What was decided

  1. Received 25-0079Receive a presentation from Chatham Park about their development plans for Southern Village received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  2. Received 25-0077Receive a presentation from the Operations Research and Education Laboratory at North Carolina State University on potential school facility needs received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  3. Received 25-0078Receive a presentation on the Digital Inclusion Plan efforts on the education environment received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  4. Approved 25-0073Vote to approve the 2024 Tax Lien Advertisement approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the 2024 Tax Lien Advertisement was approved. The motion…
  5. Approved 25-0072Vote to approve the grant application for $417,401 with a county match of $104,350 for the Accessible Park (AP) Grant Program for Parker’s Ridge Park approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the grant application for $417,401 with a county match o…
  6. Approved 25-0075Vote to approve the sole source exemption for Allies4Outcomes for the capacity building project in the child welfare program using funds from Vaya Health and have the County Manager negotiate the contract approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the sole source exemption for Allies4Outcomes for the ca…
  7. Approved 25-0066Vote to approve a request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf of The Conservancy Real Estate Group, LLC for a revision to the Development Schedule for Phase 1 of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake to reduce the number of lots from 322 lots to 163 lots and the reference to specific numbers of lots per phase to be deleted, located off Old US Hwy1, parcel #5233, 5504,5519, 5775, 5780, 65275, 68379, 85342, 85343, 85344, 85346, 5551, 85347, 85341, 85339, 85340, 5774, 62390, 5211, 60441, 65274, 69379, 5559, 5502, 5569, 5570, 5558, 5238, 5545 approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf o…

Another 1 item passed on the consent agenda, which is a single motion covering routine business. See the list.

Read from the agenda's recorded outcomes. Where the board published minutes, those are the record — this is a pointer to them.

What's on this agenda

Chatham County's commissioners met with the Board of Education at the schools' central services building on 25 February 2025. Chatham Park presented its plans for Southern Village, and NC State's Operations Research and Education Laboratory presented what the county's growth means for school facilities.

After the school board adjourned, the commissioners took a four-item consent agenda, including a cut in the Conservancy at Jordan Lake's first phase from 322 lots to 163.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Four commissioners and five school board members attended, and the joint portion ran to 6:55.

The school facilities study is the item to watch: NC State's laboratory took the county's land use data and projected where school capacity will be needed. The county's policy analyst also presented the digital inclusion plan and what the community review changed in it.

The consent agenda passed 4-0: the 2024 tax lien advertisement, a $417,401 accessible parks grant application for Parker's Ridge with a $104,350 county match, a sole source exemption for a child welfare capacity-building project paid from Vaya Health money, and the Conservancy at Jordan Lake development schedule revision. That last one reduces phase one from 322 lots to 163 and drops the fixed lot counts per phase.

How the votes went

The consent agenda and each of its four items passed 4-0.

From the published minutes.

Speaking at this meeting

Chatham County's own rules for public comment — check them before you rely on anything here.

Jump to an item (18 on this agenda)
  1. Special Session - 6:00 PM - Chatham County Schools Central Services
  2. CALL TO ORDER
  3. The Chair of the Chatham County Board of Education will call the meet…
  4. CALL TO ORDER
  5. The Chair of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners will call the…
  6. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
  7. 25-0079Receive a presentation from Chatham Park about their development plan…
  8. 25-0077Receive a presentation from the Operations Research and Education Lab…
  9. 25-0078Receive a presentation on the Digital Inclusion Plan efforts on the e…
  10. ADJOURNMENT - BOARD OF EDUCATION
  11. RECESS - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
  12. RECONVENE - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
  13. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
  14. 25-0073Vote to approve the 2024 Tax Lien Advertisement
  15. 25-0072Vote to approve the grant application for $417,401 with a county matc…
  16. 25-0075Vote to approve the sole source exemption for Allies4Outcomes for the…
  17. 25-0066Vote to approve a request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf…
  18. ADJOURNMENT - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Agenda items (18)

Procedural · 7Other · 6Presentation · 3Consent agenda · 1Contract or award · 1
  1. Special Session - 6:00 PM - Chatham County Schools Central Services
    Procedural Schools and education
  2. CALL TO ORDER
    Procedural
  3. The Chair of the Chatham County Board of Education will call the meeting to order
    Other
  4. CALL TO ORDER
    Procedural
  5. The Chair of the Chatham County Board of Commissioners will call the meeting to order
    Other
  6. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS
    Other
  7. 25-0079 Receive a presentation from Chatham Park about their development plans for Southern Village
    Presentation Housing and affordabilityLand conversion and large developmentSubdivision and site plans
    Chatham Park's update on its North Village and South Village development plans.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  8. 25-0077 Receive a presentation from the Operations Research and Education Laboratory at North Carolina State University on potential school facility needs
    Presentation Comprehensive planPublic facilitiesSchools and education
    NC State's Operations Research and Education Laboratory on potential school facility needs, drawn from a winter 2024 land use study.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  9. 25-0078 Receive a presentation on the Digital Inclusion Plan efforts on the education environment
    Presentation Broadband and technologySchools and education
    The county's digital inclusion plan, with the feedback from community review and what changed in response.
    received and filed · This Agenda Item was received and filed.
  10. ADJOURNMENT - BOARD OF EDUCATION
    Procedural
  11. RECESS - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
    Procedural
  12. RECONVENE - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
    Procedural
  1. 25-0073 Vote to approve the 2024 Tax Lien Advertisement
    Other
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the 2024 Tax Lien Advertisement was approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
  2. 25-0072 Vote to approve the grant application for $417,401 with a county match of $104,350 for the Accessible Park (AP) Grant Program for Parker’s Ridge Park
    Other Grants and outside fundingParks and recreation
    A $417,401 Accessible Parks grant application for Parker's Ridge Park with a county match of $104,350. The county learned in June that it was not awarded.
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the grant application for $417,401 with a county match of $104,350 for the Accessible Park (AP) Grant Program for Parker’s Ridge Park was approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
  3. 25-0075 Vote to approve the sole source exemption for Allies4Outcomes for the capacity building project in the child welfare program using funds from Vaya Health and have the County Manager negotiate the contract
    Contract or award Contracts and procurementHealth and human services
    A sole source exemption for a capacity-building project in the child welfare program, paid from Vaya Health money.
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the sole source exemption for Allies4Outcomes for the capacity building project in the child welfare program using funds from Vaya Health and have the County Manager negotiate the contract was approved. The motion carried by the following vote:
  4. 25-0066 Vote to approve a request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf of The Conservancy Real Estate Group, LLC for a revision to the Development Schedule for Phase 1 of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake to reduce the number of lots from 322 lots to 163 lots and the reference to specific numbers of lots per phase to be deleted, located off Old US Hwy1, parcel #5233, 5504,5519, 5775, 5780, 65275, 68379, 85342, 85343, 85344, 85346, 5551, 85347, 85341, 85339, 85340, 5774, 62390, 5211, 60441, 65274, 69379, 5559, 5502, 5569, 5570, 5558, 5238, 5545
    Other Housing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plans
    A revision to the development schedule for phase one of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake, cutting it from 322 lots to 163 and removing the fixed lot counts per phase.
    approved · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, that the request by Nicolas P. Robinson, Attorney on behalf of The Conservancy Real Estate Group, LLC for a revision to the Development Schedule for Phase 1 of The Conservancy at Jordan Lake to reduce the number of lots from 322 lots to 163 lots and the reference to specific numbers of lots per phas…
  5. ADJOURNMENT - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
    Procedural
    adjourned · Pass · A motion was made by Commissioner Franklin Gomez Flores, seconded by Commissioner Amanda Robertson, at 7:05pm that the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried by the following vote:

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