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<br />~~e~ <br />animals over the past year which is above the limit that can be handled at the <br />shelter. He asked that the shelter be moved up on the five year plan. <br />BETSY UNDERWOOD spoke in support of the pools. As she understands it, the <br />j pools have been removed from the bond issue and put on the pay-as-you-go basis. <br />She gave statistics of those who lost their lives by drowning and emphasized that <br />delaying this project will cause the price of the pools to increase. Many <br />children in this County have no place to learn the basic water skills which may <br />save their life or someone else. She described the problems that those in the <br />Chapel Hill Carrboro area have in finding a place to practice. The County is <br />already behind in providing these facilities and with increased growth will fall <br />further behind. She asked that the pools not be thought of as frills but as <br />necessary Orange County services for all citizens. <br />ROGER DALSTON spoke in support of the bond issue with two reservations. <br />First insufficient money is being allocated for school facilities. Second, he <br />spoke in favor of the pools asking that they be placed high on the priority items <br />for the pay-as-you-go financing. <br />LINDA HOWDEN, spoke in favor of the bond issue. She supports the concept <br />of the bond issue and encouraged the idea that there might be more funding for <br />the schools. She stated that 37 students are in one science lab at the high <br />school and the main concern was safety for the students. She emphasized that <br />water safety skills are life saving skills and pledged support for the pools. <br />NEON FINK served as a member of the Citizens Advisory Committee. He <br />questioned what went wrong. The Committee's commitment was for full funding of <br />bath the County and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System. <br />CHRIS BEST spoke about the one million dollars for land acquisition. He <br />stated that if "water facilities" means furthr-:r study and regional planning for <br />water resources then he would support this item on the land issue. However, if <br />this is a way for the County to put its stamp of approval on land acquisition for <br />a reservoir then it is very immature and circumventing the public process. The <br />Board of Commissioners need to not ignore the two recommendations from the two <br />water task forces or the Hazen and Sawyer report and look for further study of <br />this. If this item stays on the bond he would vote against it and work against <br />the entire bond referendum. He distributed a letter which is in the permanent <br />agenda file in the Clerk's office. <br />KAY SINGER thanked the Board and congratulated them for seeking <br />authorization fox issuing bonds for capital improvements for the County. She <br />assured the Board that she would work to encourage support for the passage of the <br />band issue. She talked about the mobile classrooms in Orange County and the <br />overcrowded conditions at the schools. <br />MAX KENNEDY as a member of the Orange County Board of Education spoke in <br />support of the pay-as-you-go basis but realizes that it would be impossible to <br />meet the needs with this kind of funding. He spoke in support of the bond issue <br />and feels it has a good chance of passing. He does not favor the pools either at <br />or away from the schools. <br />BARRY JACOBS spoke generally in support of the bond issue and <br />specifically in support. of the animal shelter. He would support the Rural <br />