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~~ ~ Possible activities - housing rehabilitation, sewer eatension,road paving, improve recreation facili- ties, transportation of elderly to shopping areas, day centers. Cedar Grove -Dispersed farm community with areas of inad®-' quote housing and water supply. Only poor recreation facilities are available. Posailbe projects - housing rebabilit~tion, improve- ment of home plumbing and water supply, upgrade rec- reation facilities, transportation of elderly to med- ical and shopping facilities. These are the areas of concern that the Planning Department hea discovered within the last month'~(Jan.)." Ms. Woods then concluded the presentation by.sayin~ the Task Force considered its role to be identifier of community needs and nvt as a group to affix a priority ranking to these needs. The Board of County Commissioners must assume that duty. In response to a direct.question Mr. Mark Burnham of the Triangle J. Council of Governments stated that if the County intended to involve itself in a Community Development Application this year it must have its pre-application completed and aubmitt®d to the Regional Council of Governments by February 1sth. This is necessary in order that the A-95 review necessary on an appli- cation such as this might be performed by the Council of Govern- ments staff. Mr. Burnham also stated that if an Orange County application came forward that included and complimented items Hil'lsborou.gh was considering this application would probably earn more points than one directed towards items not in the Hillsborough area. Mr. Elbert Keith, on the staff of the Town of Hillsborough, reported that the Town's Community Development Task Force had completed its public hearing and had identified the following needs: ].. Roads in West Hillsborough 2. Replacement of some 2"water lines with som~~.6"lines 3. Sidewalks on the Nash and Corbin Street areas Ms. Woods btated that it wias her personal observation, and not necessarily the opinion of the Task Force, that the work load undertakes by the Task Force was unrealistic. It was impossible in a one month time frame and through two public hearings to determine with any resonable accuracy the County's true needs. This really seemed to be a job that must be under- taken by a group that functions almost the year round. Mr. Ervin Dobson, County Planning Director, pointed out that he felt this was a job that his department should under- take as soons as their work Load permitted and that it should be a continuing program of his agency. . Some discussion followed concerning the practicality of Community Development type efforts in the non urban areas of the County. Mr. Burnham pointed out that this was a feasible thing to do in many counties however.;, Orange County was a part of a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area and Community Develop- ment procedures were different enqu~;h from non Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas to make the non urban use of Community Develop- ment funds considerably more difficult. Mr. Elbert Keith was asked what the Town of Hillsborough presently had planned to provide sewer in the area of State Road #1330 and' #1331. Mr. Keith stated that the Town felt Punds would be surricient to provide sewer to a portion