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Commissioner Willhoit stated that one item brought about with the joint discussions with Chatham had to do with the widening of 15-501 from Chapel Hill out to the Chatham County Line. The DOT Thoroughfare Plan calls for a connector going from 15-501 over to the vicinity of the I-40 interchange in Durham County. There is some controversy in Chatham County over the location of that connector. He suggested that they coordinate the widening of 15-501 with the connector. He urged that the $oard support better coordination between the priorities set by the different DOT districts and the Gounty. He would like to suggest that when they widen 15-501 that it be a package project contingent upon a connector being included from 15-501 over to the I-40 Interchange area. He further suggested that a joint process be developed whereby local governments can make those decisions which cross DOT regional boundaries. ' Commissioner Marshall suggested stating that the widening of 15-501 be accompanied by a connector being included in the request. Chairman Carey attended the DOT meeting in Chatham County last evening and indicated there was a new report. with figures that convinced the Chatham County officials that a connector was needed. This needs to be studied further with updated figures before making this widening contingent upon the connector. Planner Gene Sell made reference to the coordination of DOT across district lines and stated that on May 1st, a revised DCHC Thoroughfare Plan would be presented and it will be presented to Chatham County the middle of the month. Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Chairman Carey_to authorize Commission Chair or designee to attend the Transportation Improvements Program hearing and speak in support of improvement needs identified by municipalities as. well as those identified by the County to include the above suggestions. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. - 3. CONSTRUCTION ANA EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ENO RIVER CAPACITY USE MONITORING AGREEMENT John Link presented information on the construction and equipment needed to monitor the withdrawal of water from the Eno under low flow conditions. This is in conjunction with the Capacity Use Agreement with the Tawn of Hillsborough, Orange/Alamance Water Systems and Piedmont Minerals. The County will pay for the Lake Orange and Hillsborough monitoring station and construction equipment in total and advance the funds for construction and equipment at Corporation Lake and Lake Ben Johnston. The advanced funds are to be paid back to the County by Hillsborough, Orange/Alamance and Piedmont Minerals over three years, in three equal payments without interest charges, based on the proportion of the flow that each entity uses. Motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Halkiatis to approve the County Manager's recommendation as stated above. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. 4. REVISED IMPACT TAX LEGISLATION County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill suggested two technical amendments: (1) Section I (1a) change it to. read dwelling units and assessory structures, and (2) Section I (lc) where it refers to governmental owned buildings, change it to read buildings owned by the United States, the State of North Carolina, any county or any municipal corporation. He suggested the deletion of the development definition as stated on page three which states that land development shall not include construction or publicly owned or publicly assisted dwelling units intended for occupancy by low or moderate income persons. He suggested that the district be called in the bill "a body politic incorporate" with some minimal corporate powers such as the right to contract, the right to sue and be sued, etc. so that it would have powers of a governmental entity. He indicated that the notion is to allow municipalities that are not presently included to opt in by resolution of the governing boards of those municipalities.