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- Rose sheet related to item 4-x- Approval of the First Year of Capital Investment <br /> Plan and Changes to the 2010-15 CIP Process <br /> - White sheet related to item 4-aa (from Commissioner Gordon)-Next Steps: Orange <br /> County and Town of Chapel Hill Library Needs <br /> - Grey sheet related to item 4-cc-Efland Sewer New Customer Information Packet <br /> and Outreach <br /> - Light blue sheet related to item 7-a - Approval of Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget <br /> Ordinance, Grant Project Ordinances and Fee Schedule <br /> - Peach sheet also related to item 7-a - Approval of Fiscal Year 2010-11 Budget <br /> Ordinance, Grant Project Ordinances and Fee Schedule <br /> - Buff sheet related to item 8-a - Triangle Regional Transit Public Involvement Plan <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Joan Pellitier is Director of Triangle J Council of Governments Area Agency on Aging. <br /> She said that Commissioner Jacobs suggested that she introduce to the Board the new Long- <br /> Term Care Ombudsmen, who is employed by the TJCOG Area Agency and will be working <br /> with long-term care facilities in Orange and Chatham Counties. Her name is Charlotte <br /> Terwilliger and she comes from the State University of New York in Albany and has much <br /> experience working with older adults. She has also worked for over 20 years at Wake Med as <br /> Director of Case Management. <br /> Charlotte Terwilliger introduced herself and explained that she would be advocating for <br /> residents in long-term care facilities in both counties. <br /> Joe Phelps said that the Board of County Commissioners need a meeting room but his <br /> first glance at the proposed plans looked to him like a bowling alley. He said that the County <br /> Commissioners could stage some of the meeting room now so they could actually see how <br /> much room is actually down there. This should be done before more money is spent on a <br /> consultant. He said that a meeting room is much needed, and if they need to wait another <br /> year to implement it, then so be it, but it should be staged first. <br /> b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> (These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda <br /> below.) <br /> 3. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> a. Report from the Domestic Violence Shelter Work Group of the Commission <br /> for Women <br /> The Board received the final report from the Domestic Violence Shelter Work Group of <br /> the Commission for Women based on a June 16, 2009 charge from the BOCC. <br /> Beverly Kennedy, Executive Director of the Family Violence Prevention Center of <br /> Orange County presented the report. She said that the work group volunteered to do research <br /> on the multiple issues identified. The work led to directional goals with staged or tiered <br /> solutions, which are in the document. Given the time and resource constraints, they were <br />