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19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 9. Board Comments Commissioner Hemminger asked about the status of the video streaming and the overall plan to change the cable channel that reaches more people. She asked about the status of the overall waste plan that was supposed to come back to the Board in October. Also, she appreciates the report on deer hunting with dogs, but she wants to know when the public can weigh in on this subject. Clerk to the Board Donna Baker said that she has finished her training for the video streaming and it is online. IT is in the process of installing the hardware. There might be some practice runs in December. Regarding convenience centers, Frank Clifton said that the Solid Waste Advisory Board is looking at these aspects and staff is pursuing this. There are many options, and the SWAB and the staff are trying to narrow them down. There will be some information back on the Bradshaw Quarry site in December. The obvious issue is how to pay for the convenience centers. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the SWAB met today and Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that there was discussion today about the short-term and long-term evolution of the convenience centers. The intention is to come back to the Board on December 15th with some projection about what is possible for the near term, for the remainder of the fiscal year with Bradshaw Quarry Road as the example. Gwen Harvey made reference to the deer dogging issue and said that most of the participants in the meeting were hunters and they are very passionate about this and they do not want the Board of County Commissioners taking a strong position and approaching the Legislative Delegation to interfere with this. She said that the Sheriff asked her before that meeting how many complaints had come before the Board of County Commissioners, and to her knowledge, there were only two complaints in 2008-09. Commissioner Gordon said that the DCHC MPO and the Capital Area MPO received a National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Metropolitan Transportation Planning from the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Commissioner Gordon submitted a statement concerning this national award which is hereby made a part of these minutes. The two metropolitan planning organizations were honored for their collaborative efforts in creating a joint 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan, that was adopted in June 2009. This was a departure from their past practice of creating two separate planning documents for this one region. These two organizations were commended on this effort as an example of, "exemplary practice within the planning process," and it was noted that the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) had also commended this work. Commissioner Gordon said that there is a NC 54/I-40 Corridor Study Work Shop on November 18th at the Friday Center from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Commissioner Yuhasz said that this Thursday would be the first task force meeting that was set up by the Association of Governments to consider funding mechanisms for utility extensions to the Rogers Road area. He said that he attended the Chapel Hill Town Council meeting on the Rogers Road Small Area Plan and he noted that the Chapel Hill Town Council had very little information about what the County Commissioners were considering on their agenda. He said that the Board of County Commissioners has, from time to time, gotten copies of the Hillsborough Town Board agenda, and he asked if they could get at least an agenda sheet from other municipalities. Donna Baker said that most agendas are posted online and she could get the County Commissioners added to the distribution list so that they are automatically notified when the agendas are posted. Commissioner Yuhasz asked that she add the County Commissioners to the distribution list for the City of Mebane, if available.