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requested money for a new kitchen for the new Southern Orange Senior Center). The new center will be dedicated this Friday at 10:00 a.m. Commissioner Jacobs said that he and Chair Carey would be meeting with officials from Orange-Alamance Water System and the Town of Hillsborough to discuss water issues. Commissioner Jacobs said that he heard about an urban caucus that the Commissioner Chairs have been discussing with Triangle J. He asked if Chair Carey could tell them about it. He also noticed an article in the Raleigh News and Observer about TTA looking more fervently at local funding sources. He said that there are distinctions concerning how Orange County fits into the regional picture. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the status of the water and sewer assessment project in regards to the EDD in the Efland-Mebane area. He wants to make sure that the County will be reimbursed. Commissioner Jacobs said at the next board retreat that he would like to talk more about conflicts of interest and what gifts the County Commissioners and staff receive from others, such as gratuities from vendors, etc. He said that the disclosure forms are really vague. He asked Geof Gledhill to work on this for the retreat in January. Commissioner Halkiotis supported Commissioner Jacobs' request. Commissioner Halkiotis encouraged Commissioner Gordon to fill them in about the regional plan being rejected. Commissioner Halkiotis thanked the staff and John Link for the information on water levels. He asked about stage three and stage four and to whom it applies. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Chair Carey would talk about the meeting today with the Manager, staff, Duke Power, and the school system staff. He thinks the issue of the electrical service of the school was resolved. Commissioner Halkiotis agreed with Commissioner Jacobs on the water and sewer issues and said that Chair Carey would convene a working group to look at the water and sewer issues focused for the OCS middle school. Commissioner Halkiotis thanked the staff for getting generic information about fuel consumption. He would like a breakdown by department about gas and diesel usage. He suggested cutting back on demand to strike back at the high prices. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Wake and Durham Counties are adopting some counties in Louisiana and Orange County should do something also. He said that there is no reason that we cannot develop a relationship with officials from the Gulf area. He asked the Chair or County Manager's Office to contact someone about this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he has received emails from citizens that they want cable in their area now that the agreement with Time Warner has been signed. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he suggested to the Clerk that each County Commissioner make brief comments at the groundbreaking of the Southern Orange Senior Center because this has been going on for almost 20 years. This is a celebration. Commissioner Foushee said that she supports the idea of adopting a county in Louisiana. Commissioner Gordon first reported on the recent TTA meeting. She said that the Smart Commute Challenge ended on September 30th. Over 10,000 people signed up. She also reported that TTA got atwo-week extension from the federal government to work on the model for the regional rail project. Commissioner Gordon then reported on TAC issues. She said that the Secretary of Transportation did not approve the MTIP program and this is shocking because there was no advance warning and little explanation. If the issue is resolved quickly, the impact will be minimal. The next TAC meeting is on October 12th, and they will try and resolve the issue then.