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I. Contract for Development Support with DBBasics, Inc. The Board approved a contract with DBBasics, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $26,880 for database and imaging consulting. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he does not understand why the state of North Carolina has not taken a leadership role to help the Register of Deeds offices in North Carolina in putting a software package together that encompasses the many responsibilities that the Register of Deeds maintains. He commended the Register of Deeds Joyce Pearson for the job she is doing. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve the contract with DBBasics, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney, and to authorize the Chair to sign the contract. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 9. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA a. Appointments The Board considered appointments to the Commission for the Environment, Triangle J Council of Governments "Future Search", and Water Resources Committee. Commissioner Jacobs had an open question to the Board. He feels that all the appointments to the Commission for the Environment should be done at one time. Also, on the Water Resources Committee, he suggested contacting all the people who applied for the Commission for the Environment who were not selected to see if they are interested in serving on the Water Resources Committee. The Board decided by consensus to contact the applicants for the Commission for the Environment to see if they are interested in the Water Resources Committee. These appointments will come back at a later meeting. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to reappoint Lee Rafalow, Loraine Kohorn, Annette Jurgelski, Richard Pratt, and Kris Price to the Commission for the Environment for terms ending December 31, 2002. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to appoint Commissioner Carey as a participant in the Triangle J Council of Governments "Future Search" process. VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to confirm that a member of the Solid Waste Advisory Board will be a participant in the Triangle J Council of Governments "Future Search" process as soon as the appointments are made. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Proposed Widening of 1-40 in Orange County The Board considered a position statement for presentation at a November 17th NCDOT information workshop on the proposed widening of 1-40 in Orange County. Planner Gene Bell did this presentation. He said that a workshop is being held by NCDOT tomorrow at Chapel Hill High School from 4:00-7:00 p.m. This is a walk-in one-on-one workshop and there will be no formal presentation. Chair Gordon mentioned that when the request for the widening of 1-40 was submitted, Orange County asked that this be broken into two projects. She asked Gene Bell to explain the significance of this workshop. Gene Bell said that the entire project is the widening of 1-40 from where it interchanges with 1-85 west of Hillsborough to NC 147 in Durham County where it is approximately a 20-mile segment of road. The Durham County portion is scheduled for widening starting in 2002, and the Orange County section is scheduled after 2006. NCDOT is required by the Federal Highway Administration to consider the environmental impacts for the entire corridor at the same time. He said that this workshop is being held to let the public know of this information. He said that the widening of 1-40 has been an identified future need in the TIP for several years, and Orange County's response was to consider HOV lanes as an alternative or factored into the overall improvements of 1-40. He referred to his memo to the Manager that lists some possible recommendations as part of the workshop on behalf of Orange County. The recommendations are 6