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The Board considered a recommendation presented by Commissioner Womack at the <br />December 3, 2012 meeting to reorganize the Environmental Affairs Board with a new Environmental <br />Review & Advisory Committee. Commissioner Womack stated the present Environmental Affairs <br />Board (EAB) has provided a valuable service to Lee County citizens for nearly 25 years, during which <br />time there has been little change in its charter and tasks. He stated he was looking at a different angle <br />for the Board (EAB) from what it is currently is doing. He further stated he wanted to get away from <br />political appointments by the County, City of Sanford, and Town of Broadway. With Lee County on the <br />verge of major new industrial developments in the highly technical and comple nergy fields of <br />Horizontal Drilling for Natural Gas and Bio- Fuels, the County needs a much Ae and balanced <br />group of technical experts to advise the Board of Commissioners and Cou wide range of <br />environmental - technical matters. He stated the Committee should be madsentatives from <br />Agriculture, Biology /Animal Science, Ecology, Environmental E nvironmental <br />Health/Toxicology, Environmental Law, Forestry, Geology, Hydrology/Water Testing, orology /Air <br />Testing, Soil Science /Soil Testing, Waste Management, and Regulator Planning & Enfo ent. Mr. <br />Womack further stated he would like to keep the Committee at 9 rs and that curren embers of <br />the EAB with qualifying expertise will be eligible for transfer to a Environmental Review & Advisory <br />Committee, upon a vote of approval by the Lee County d of missioners. Commissioner <br />Dalrymple stated she thought a 12 -15 member board woul t i lude "ordinary people" from <br />the community to serve. Commissioner Reives stated he wante ep the EAB as it currently is. He <br />expressed concern about adding so many different people to a co ee. He further suggested the <br />EAB stay intact and to create another individual board like Com r Womack stated. After <br />discussion, Commissioner Womack moved to disband the Lee Coun Environmental Affairs Board <br />(EAB) and instead create an Environmenta view & Advisory Committee (ERAC) that will be <br />composed of 9 appointed members, each poss nical skills and experience from the following <br />areas — Agriculture, Biology /Animal Science, co o; mental Engineering, Environmental <br />Health/Toxicology, Environmental Law, Forestry, ogy, drology/Water Testing, Meteorology /Air <br />Testing, Regulatory Planning & Enforcement (D or E A experience), Soil Science /Soil Testing, <br />and Waste Management. Members of the EAB arencouraged to submit applications to serve on the <br />ERAC if they have skills or ex ience. The missi this newly established board will be to review <br />technical documentation vise the Boar of Commissioners on testing, monitoring, and <br />regulatory matters affec ' the ironment of Lee County. After further discussion, Commissioner <br />Reives amended the to the Co mittee recommended by Commissioner Womack as a <br />sub - committee under the �� ' "'', <br />tal Affairs Board. Upon a vote of Commissioner Reives <br />amended motion, the results as follows: <br />Dalrymple, 16 er, and Reives <br />Knecht, Par's, Smith, and Womack <br />Chairman' ed the motion failed by a 4 to 3 vote. <br />Upon a v5ftf the oriial motion, the results were as follows: <br />Knecht, Parks, Smith, and Womack <br />Dalrymple, Frazier, and Reives <br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted by a 4 to 3 vote. <br />Mr. Ted Abernathy Executive Director from Southern Growth Policies Board and Mr. Dan Parks <br />from N.C. State University Business and Technology Extension Service State Program Director <br />(SBTDC) gave a presentation of several months of interviews and research on findings and <br />recommendations from a newly- created county economic growth plan. Mr. Abernathy and Mr. Parks <br />3 <br />