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b. Matters on the Printed Agenda (These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda below.) 3. Board Comments Commissioner Gordon reported on several meetings that she had attended. She said that the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council is working on its by-laws. The Intergovernmental Parks Work Group had a meeting and caught up on a lot of programs and projects that are underway. Staff will prepare a summary. The Twin Creeks Work Group had its initial meeting. There was a joint meeting with the Commission for the Environment and the Board of Health and they talked about water resources (Water Resources Initiative) and related health issues. The Board of Health said that they wanted more time to comment on the comprehensive plan. Commissioner Gordon said that Triangle Transit Authority will present a report this evening. One of the things the TTA Board is discussing is a composite master transit plan which will show all of the transit routes in the three counties. She noted that the proposal for the Chapel Hill/Hillsborough route is on the TTA's Operation and Finance Committee Meeting agenda for March 3~d. Commissioner Gordon is encouraging TTA to proceed with the establishment of this route. Commissioner Gordon asked the staff how she got an email account through the County that she did not know about. Someone sent her an email and she did not get it because it was sent to this account. Commissioner Gordon commended the Human Relations Commission on the events they had sponsored, and she enjoyed attending several of these events. Commissioner Halkiotis thanked Chair Carey for the handout from him last night. He said that he thinks the Board needs to discuss the role of County Commissioners serving on boards and commissions during a work session. He thinks it would be helpful to know the statutory requirements where County Commissioners have to serve and what they can and cannot do. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the Senior Center Kitchen Committee agreed on a final kitchen design with the architect. He also told the committee that Chair Carey and Commissioner Jacobs met with Senator Dole's staff and that they would ask for money to help outfit the kitchen, with the highlight that the kitchen will be used for Meals on Wheels and to benefit seniors across the County. Commissioner Halkiotis asked for an update by the next meeting on saving trees at the new middle school and soccer complex in Efland. He has heard that local DOT officials are insisting on moving the road entrance to the soccer site and that they want it further up the road, which would require taking down some trees. He is afraid that if the County is not proactive, there will be a surprise that the trees will be cut. He said that there was an agreement that the County would rather have the entrance road on its side of the property if it meant that more trees could be saved on the other side. He would be very upset if someone counteracted this. He wants an update at the next meeting. Commissioner Halkiotis thanked Commissioner Jacobs for forwarding to him a copy of the notes of the listening session that Chair Carey participated in at the Schley Grange Hall on February 24th. He is totally astounded to hear that newly elected North Carolina House Member, Bill Faison, was already preparing to introduce a bill for district representation for County Commissioners. Bill Faison spoke to the County Commissioners about district representation on January 24th, and the matter was referred to the Manager and staff to bring 2