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� 1 Commissioner Jacobs suggested getting an update in the Manager's Memo. 2 The Board agreed. 3 Commissioner Nelson — none. 4 Commissioner Jacobs asked about the letters they were going to send to Caswell and 5 Person counties about the Hyconeechee library system and Frank Clifton said that the State 6 Library Director is also meeting with them. He will follow up on that. 7 Clarence Grier said that they met last week on the audit report and discussed the 8 issue. 9 Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board requested that letters be sent. 10 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs that letters go out immediately to 11 Person and Caswell Counties so that there is no misunderstanding. 12 Gwen Harvey said that she was also in attendance at the regional meeting of the 13 Hyconeechee Board and the decision by the regional library board was that the three library 14 directors for the three counties would meet and discuss the report that was provided by the 15 State librarian about the changes that are happening at the State level as it pertains to the 16 structure and the governance of a regional system. Each director would then bring back a 17 proposal as it relates to either the dissolution or the ultimate outcome of the regional library 18 system as it is known now. 19 Commissioner Jacobs said that the County Commissioners wanted to communicate 20 directly to the other elected officials. The letter would include that the Board of County 21 Commissioners of Orange County had questions about the continuance of the Hyconeechee 22 Library System and they wanted to bring it to the attention of the other elected officials so that 23 it was not a surprise. 24 Commissioner Hemminger seconded the motion. 25 26 Frank Clifton said that right now there is a lot of uncertainty about it all. 27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 28 29 Commissioner Jacobs said that this Board sent several letters to the Orange County 30 School system requesting that it reconsider the rent that it was charging KidsCope because it 31 had invested in capital improvements in an Orange County School facility and had an 32 agreement that it would not have to pay rent of any substance. After two or three years, 33 Orange County got a letter from OCS saying that they have allowed KidsCope to pay one 34 dollar a year. He suggested sending a letter to the OCS thanking them for responsiveness 35 and consideration and recognizing that KidsCope plays a vital role in serving the young people 36 of Orange County. 37 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to 38 send the letter as stated above. 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 40 41 Commissioner Jacobs said that at the last meeting or the one before that, there was 42 discussion that Chatham had referred to its Planning Board how to regard the notion of putting 43 extensions on subdivisions based on the recent General Assembly Act. Orange County had 44 always referred it to the staff. He suggested referring this to the Planning Board since it is a 45 planning issue. 46 Commissioner Pelissier said that there was an event today regarding the joint venture 47 between UNC and Orange County to take methane gas and convert it to energy for the 48 University's use. This is a win-win for the County and the University.