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OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST <br />HUMAN SERVICES <br />-- Senior centers. <br />Articulate a commitment to seeking comparable, contemporaneous development of south and central <br />centers in keeping with recommendations of August 20, 1996 "Orange County Senior Centers <br />Development Plan: 1996 -2000" <br />- -Work First <br />a. Take leadership role in hiring. <br />-- Hispanic/Latino <br />a. Examine hiring practices. <br />Advertise at Fiesta Del Pueblo. <br />b. ESL emphasis (see communication) <br />-- Handicapped <br />Look for appropriate areas in which to ease requirement for high school diploma. <br />-- Outsourcing <br />Develop criteria for weighing out - sourcing as an employment strategy. <br />LEGISLATION <br />- -Expand Work First flexibility (Marti Pryor -Cook) <br />-- Annexation <br />--TDR (identify receiving area, as Green tract) <br />-- Impact Tax (O. Co. school board) <br />- -DOT reform (pending advice) <br />-- Utility siting <br />-- Taxation of UNC properties (I&E Committee) <br />PLANNING <br />-- Direct Planning Board and Staff to further refine standards for communication towers with <br />particular attention to protecting significant historic sites and natural areas, providing adequate public <br />notice both in writing and visually, and ascertaining relevant needs of County EMS and UNC hospital. <br />-- Coordinate efforts with staffs of Carrboro, Chatham County, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and <br />OWASA to address Jordan Lake concerns raised at intergovernmental meeting of October 1, 1998 in <br />order to reconvene group by the end of March 1999. <br />BARRY JACOBS <br />