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the future uses of the tract. Hopefully, all of the affected boards will be able to make a decision in a timely manner to meet the terms and conditions of the Interlocal Agreement. The date in the agreement is April 17tH Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to a letter from District DOT Engineer Mike Mills in which they have indicated that, as of March 7, 2002, the State Board of Transportation has finally approved the two-phase traffic signal at Cedar Ridge High School, site improvement at the intersection of Arthur Minnis Road and New Hope Church Road, a flasher at US Business 70 and Lawrence Road, and a guardrail on both sides of University Station Road at Spring Creek south of US 70. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to US 70 east from Hillsborough to I-85. This past Friday night, two people lost their lives once again near Wayside Baptist Church where US 70A merges onto US 70 at Palmer's Grove Church Road. This makes three fatalities in this immediate area in the last two years. This road was never designed to handle the amount of traffic that is on the road. He requested that the County Manager get with the Sheriff and the Highway Patrol and get data on all the accidents and schedule a meeting with the DOT Engineer or take our concerns to Raleigh. It is not safe driving out there. He said that the County Commissioners need to go on record to let people know that this is a concern we have. Commissioner Gordon made reference to a Smart Growth meeting that will be held tomorrow from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Triangle J COG offices. The topic will be how our region can advance the recommendations of the NC Smart Growth Commission Report. Commissioner Gordon said that this is Women's History Month. She along with Commissioners Brown and Halkiotis attended the meeting this weekend. She mentioned that the first woman Commissioner was Flo Garrett, who served from 1972 to 1976. Since then, there have been five other women Commissioners. Five out of six of the women have been Chair. Commissioner Gordon spoke about the Schools and Land Use Council meeting on March 13tH They went over the workings of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. They also received the updated school capacity and membership numbers, which the County Commissioners received on March 6tH Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting and noted that DOT Division Engineer Mike Mills was there and spoke about the resurfacing projects that are scheduled for this summer. There is a possibility for bicycle accommodations. Chair Jacobs announced that there will be a memorial service for Matthew Burke from the Peoples Channel who passed away several weeks ago this Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Bible Church on the corner of Sage and Erwin Roads. Chair Jacobs made reference to a meeting that he attended last week with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Orange Work Group. The main issue was to develop a joint planning agreement between the Town of Chapel Hill and Durham County one-mile in width along the border between Chapel Hill and Durham. Chair Jacobs said that he was interested to see that Hillsborough had taken away some of the parking around the Whitted Building and he suggested that there be a meeting to coordinate what is happening. John Link said that he had a meeting with the Town Manager and Director of Purchasing and Central Services Pam Jones today and the outcome of the discussions was positive. Perhaps as we are pursuing the paving of the parking lots at Whitted, we can also improve the shoulder on the street in order to create six additional parking spaces. Chair Jacobs said that there are a lot of people with limited mobility who are trying to get into this building. To remove spaces that are closest could be disadvantageous to those people. Chair Jacobs said that items 11-a and 11-b address the Planning Board and the Commission for the Environment appointments. Since there are so many applicants for the Commission for the Environment, he suggested looking at the applications this meeting and making a decision at the next meeting. It could be one of the first items on the regular agenda for April 2nd. Meanwhile, we should really try to recruit for the Planning Board. 4. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT