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Frank Clifton said that the major step would be to get both counties to agree on some legislative action that the delegations would adopt, which would give time to continue to research this process further. The legislature is the final voice on this issue. Commissioner Jacobs asked if there was agreement with the two counties and Frank Clifton said that there is agreement amongst the staff. Commissioner Jacobs asked if this line would reflect the 1849 boundary line. Frank Clifton said that both counties asked the state to do the survey work and he is sure that the state did not survey every inch of the line, but that is the state surveyed line. A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the Manager's Recommendation: 1. Continue to finalize an Orange-Alamance Boundary Line adjustment flowchart with Alamance officials; 2. Prepare for a discussion with Orange County's legislative delegation in February; 3. Advise the Alamance County Commissioners that a preferred approach is to agree on the line in segments where no/little confusion exists (61%) now and continue to seek concurrence on the areas where more complexity exists; and 4. Discuss with Alamance County officials the concept of employing contracted service to make appropriate GIS/Tax map modifications as needed to parcels impacting both County's records as a single project (sharing the costs accordingly). VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Recommendations from the Human Relations Commission Concerning the "Secure Communities" Program in Orange County The Board received a report from the Human Relations Commission, based on a request from the BOCC, on the Department of Homeland Security's "Secure Communities" program and considered concrete suggestions to make program implementation as transparent and socially just as possible. Human Rights and Relations Director Shoshannah Sayers thanked all the community members who have come out. Marty Rosenbluth, from the Human Relations Commission, spoke about the four recommendations: 1. Create transparency in collection and dissemination of data relating to Secure Communities; 2. Institute grievance procedures similar to those contained in 287(g) agreements in order to give people affected by Secure Communities the same standard, codified due process rights as those affected by 287(g); 3. Ensure that all law enforcement agencies within Orange County are providing high- quality sensitivity and racial profiling education and training; and 4. Suggest that all Orange County law enforcement agencies adopt a policy of citation instead of arrest for minor traffic violations and other minor offenses. He spoke about some statistics and said that it is clear that the Secure Communities Program is not doing what it was intended to do. He said that the same figures are replicated on a national level. He said that the recommendations are trying to mitigate the damage caused to immigrant communities. Part of that is getting really good data from ICE.