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Last night, the Hillsborough Tourism Board expressed their support for the facility by <br /> pledging a$10,000 challenge grant to the OCCC, specifically for pursuing action on the <br /> Whitted Building space as a Cultural Center. This is a matching grant, with a deadline of 90 <br /> days for our board to raise matching funds. The Tourism Board wanted to express the Town's <br /> support for this space to the County Commissioners, and to encourage swift action by all <br /> involved. <br /> Thank you for your consideration on this matter, and I look forward to hearing from you <br /> regarding this issue." <br /> Commissioner Jacobs suggested referring this to staff and have this come back to the <br /> Board of County Commissioners. <br /> Captain Dinah Jeffries, Operations Manager for 9-1-1, said that she represents Orange <br /> County Emergency Services Department. She spoke about Breast Cancer Awareness Month <br /> for October. In 2009, staff members took on a project to celebrate the survivors of breast <br /> cancer and to celebrate and share the memories of those lost. The project was named The <br /> Pink Campaign. This campaign encourages early detection. The employees are wearing pink <br /> for the month of October—males and females alike. She presented the County <br /> Commissioners with a pink shirt and hat designed by staff members. All monies to pay for <br /> these shirts and hats were donated by several businesses. <br /> Chair Foushee said that the County Commissioners pledge their support to this <br /> campaign. <br /> Sara Shields read a prepared statement: <br /> "Good evening and thank you for an opportunity to reopen the question of paving <br /> Jimmy Ed Road. Winston Churchill said a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an <br /> optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. I'd like to think that we here tonight are the <br /> latter. <br /> Simply stated, these are my reasons for reconsidering paving Jimmy Ed Road in its' <br /> entirety. <br /> 1. Last year's decision was argued in favor of the paving of the entire road (an 8/10 <br /> mile dead end farm road) because as Mr. Nelson said 75%of the road frontage <br /> was owned by people who wanted it paved. This information was incorrect. The <br /> correct percentages are more along the order of 54% of road frontage is owned by <br /> those in favor of paving, and 46% by those opposed. I might also add that all of the <br /> opposition to paving comes from actual residents of JER. Those in favor are not <br /> residents. <br /> 2. The article you have been presented with from the Wall Street Journal calls into <br /> question the sustainability of paved roads as compared to gravel in the long term. <br /> With money scarce unnecessary paving seems inappropriate. <br /> 3. Mr. Edwards of the DOT was kind enough to give me the figures for the cost of the <br /> entire road being paved and also the cost of paving to the church's 2nd driveway. <br /> They are dramatically different numbers. It should be argued that paving a road to <br /> nowhere at this cost is wasteful to the extreme. <br /> 4. This brings me to the question for you to answer, how better could this$255,000 be <br /> spent. I propose a couple of suggestions that may benefit our entire neighborhood <br /> both in terms of safety and quality of life. First is a much needed traffic light at the <br /> intersection of Walnut Grove Church Road and NC 86. With the convenience <br /> center that is used by vast numbers county residents this intersection is clearly <br /> becoming a safety hazard. Secondly, with widespread use of Walnut Grove Church <br />