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15 Transit, She said perhaps they would want to broaden that to include Orange Public Transportaiton and Triangle Transit. Alderman Gist wondered if there was a way for the different boards to resolve that individually so that the discussion could be brought to a close. She said she did not want to run short of time to discuss the last issue on the agenda, which was Affordable Housing. Commissioner Gordon stated she believed the issue should be sent back to the boards for further discussion, noting that although tonight's discussion had been important a lot of issues had been raised that likely could not be resolved tonight. Council Member Kleinschmidt stated he was concerned that only one member from each of the entities would be deciding how a task force would be created to deal with issues of all the jurisdictions. Ms. Blackmon stated when looking at what had been discussed over the past year as well as tonight's discussion, perhaps the suggestion would be that each jurisdiction appoint two representatives to identify priorities or come to some conclusion that could then come back to the individual boards so that it was a coordinated effort among the entities. 9:13:44 PM Commissioner Gordon stated if they decided to take Ms. Blackmon's suggestion, then she would suggest making sure representation from Chatham and Orange was balanced, and to include Hillsborough if they so choose. She said then, charge that group to begin with transportation and identify other issues that would then be included in the charge to be approved by the entities. Mayor Stevens stated transportation was an issue he believed they all agreed should be tackled first, and believed they could move forward with that and make some progress. Alderman Haven-O'Donnell cautioned that they look at duplication of efforts in terms of transportation, noting that Alderman Coleman's suggestion to start with the transportation partners group was a good one but perhaps another group needed to be created around transportation. She said it may be that expanding that group could be explored while this work group began its initiatives. Alderman Broun stated she did not believe they could come to quick agreements on the land use plans but could determine what the existing land uses were, which would allow them to take advantage of any limited funds to at least have additional transportation options for everyone in the region. She said it appeared that transportation was the only consensus issue, and that there needed to be some agreement prior to 2015 about what to do about buses. Mayor Chilton stated that buses were not necessarily the only transportation issue that would be on the table,noting that topic would include roadway issues,bicycle connections, and others. He suggested that they ask County staff to redraft the proposal with a much more limited focus on transportation issues, and then send it back to each jurisdiction to be considered for adoption. Mayor Chilton stated he would like to give Carrboro Town staff an opportunity to provide his Board with feedback on the proposal put forth tonight. He said assuming all the entities adopted the idea,they could then begin talking about the issues later this year. 10