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3 Commissioner Jacobs asked Chair Brown to elaborate on the press conference that she was going to be involved in tomorrow. Chair Brown said that she would explain this when it is her turn to make comments. Commissioner Gordon reported on the recent Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting. She also welcomed the officials from DOT to tonight's meeting. She said that the TAC discussed some money for the emissions inventory in Orange County and using some of the MPO's direct allocation funds to pay for the bridge over 15-501 to make it longer. Commissioner Gordon said that there was a CHATPEC meeting on May 8th and the recreation committee is coordinating with the educational committee. They have sited three schools and have tried to stay on the side of the creek that the concept plan dictated. Commissioner Gordon reported that on May 14th there was a meeting for all the Boards and Commissions on the comprehensive plan and she attended. She said that there was a mixed reaction to the comprehensive plan. There were some concerns about the process. Commissioner Carey said that he represented the Board at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Gold Star Ceremony for outstanding teachers. He commended all of the teachers who received the nomination from their schools. Commissioner Carey encouraged the Board to fill the remaining vacant positions on the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, which is the economic development group that he was recently appointed to. He found that Orange County is not adequately represented on this group. He said that he was struggling to try and present a clear picture of where we want to go in Orange County and this needs to be clarified. Chair Brown said that she went to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) meeting in Orange County and she brought a list of the new non-residential development that has taken place in the County over the last several years. She said that it is an astonishing number added to the tax base. Commissioner Jacobs said that the EDC would be doing an economic development plan for the County in the near future. The County Commissioners will have an opportunity to be involved in this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he was disheartened that it is going to take until September to investigate the possibility of OWASA and the Solid Waste staffs developing a conservation education program for area hotels. He hopes that it does not take this long to do this. He would like to get the Tourism Board involved in this somehow. Commissioner Carey is the representative on this board. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is very upset about the tragedy that happened in the County with respect to domestic violence. He made reference to a report issued from the State level that said that 70 women were killed in North Carolina last year by either husbands or boyfriends. He thinks we need an education program to bring it to the attention of the public as soon as possible. He also would like to recognize the school bus driver that went to pick up a child in a wheelchair, heard the gunshots, and got the child on the bus quickly away from the gunshots while the wheelchair lift was still extended. The driver then used her bus radio to call the bus garage, who then called 9-1-1. He would like to highlight and recognize these types of people and he would like to honor this bus driver at one of the Board of County Commissioners' meetings. Commissioner Halkiotis said that last night he received a Board of County Commissioners' packet at 9:45 from a Sheriff's Deputy. He asked that any reports from other departments come to the Manager in a timely fashion so that the Manager's staff is not rushing around. Chair Brown spoke about the press conference that she is attending tomorrow at the capitol. It is concerning the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant and they are going to ask that the State look at the evacuation policy because the existing one is not adequate. It is also to support Shearon Harris on their decision to stop the transportation of high-level nuclear waste to Shearon Harris. She is going to the press conference as a citizen. 4. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT -NONE 5. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS a. Resolution Adopting an Interlocal Agreement with CHCCS for Third High School Site and Project Costs