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attended by Representative David Price as well as several key regional religious leaders to discuss a range of issues including Homeland Security and the treatment of immigrant families. Neloa Jones, Co-Commissioner of Rogers Road Collation and Environmental Racism (written statement attached and hereby incorporated as part of the official Minutes), and a resident of the Rogers Road-Eubanks community, made the following specific requests: eliminate Eubanks Road, identified as site 669, from the list of sites to be considered for the waste transfer station; half all solid waste activities in the Rogers-Eubanks community no later than November 2009; honor the promises made to the Rogers-Eubanks Road community over the past 35 years for having endured the negative impacts of solid waste activities; and coordinate efforts to identify and apply for public fmancing to connect residents of the historic Rogers-Eubanks neighborhood to safe and clean water and sewer services. b. Ann Arbor Report 7:53:28 PM Council Member Kleinschmidt remarked that Ann Arbor was a more urban community, with the city being half again the size of Chapel Hill and Carrboro together. Mayor Foy stated an ongoing debate in Ann Arbor regarded their height limits being raised from 10 stories to 20 stories, and noted Chapel Hill was debating on moving to 10 stories. He said they had developed a north campus a significant distance from the main campus which was now incorporated into the fabric of the city. Mayor Foy said the north campus was distant, isolated, suburban, and basically dead. So, he said, it was a cautionary tale for them as to what they did not want UNC to do with its new campus. Commissioner Jacobs stated he was struck by how well organized they were, noting they had an energy office within their local government, and they were attempting to incorporate energy efficiency and sustainability into every government decision made. He said an anomaly was that they had two bus systems, one run by the city and one by the university, with buses sometimes passing each other on the road. Commissioner Jacobs said it was also striking that the Chancellor had accompanied them on the trip, and he continued to be refreshingly engaged in being a part of the community and to bring the university relationship with the community to a higher level. Commissioner Dancy said she had learned that Ann Arbor was involving their citizens in development projects much as Hillsborough did, in that they required developers to meet with citizens prior to coming to the Town with a project so that many issues were worked out beforehand. c. Introduction of new Orange County Economic Development Directors (Bradley Broadwell, Orange County & Dwight Bassett. Town of Chapel Hill) 8:00:33 PM Brad Broadwell, Orange County's new Economic Development Director, introuduced himself and provided some brief information regarding his background and interests. Dwight Bassett, Chapel Hill's new Economic Development Director, introuduced himself and provided some brief information regarding his interests,backgrounds, and current work. 3