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Chair Halkiotis said that he would like to see two County Cammissianers working with Craig Benedict in developing and looking at transportation issues in Orange County. Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Jacobs will serve an this task force. A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs that the Board of County Commissioners will appoint members to the Research Triangle Regional Partnership. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4. Upcoming Meeting with Duke Officials Chair Halkiotis, Commissioner Jacobs, and David Stancil started visiting Duke officials about a year and a half ago. The meetings were as a result of the County's purchase of the land on US 70, which was a satellite piece of Duke property that they wanted to sell. Duke wanted to offer the land first to the County before making it available to the private market. The meeting will be December 21 Sc and Commissioner Jacobs and Chair Halkiotis will attend. 5. BOCC Meeting Seating Arrangements The Board agreed that seating will be rotated for each meeting except that Commissioner Brown will not rotate at the Southern Human Services Center for regular meetings. 6. Review of Work Session List G. Review of Input from Advisory Boards/Commissions Adult Care Home Advisory Board -Cherie Rosemond, Chair Cherie Rosemond said the Adult Care Home Advisory Board has lost three longstanding members and is recruiting for new members. Because of their shortage of members, they have had to decrease their visitations to the homes far the developmentally delayed and this has been distressing to them. A nice addition has been Commissioner Brown's help in focussing their efforts. They have talked with the DSS Board and the Health Board and Sanitation Board to try and encourage them to be on schedule in visiting homes. They have seen a turnover in the caregivers each year of about 140%. This year there are additional problems with the operators of the homes changing hands frequently. She said that they need the County Commissioners' help with recognizing those homes that are doing a good jab and to penalize those not providing a high quality of care. She will send the County Commissioners information on an Ordinance that may help to move forward their efforts in regulating the homes. Commissioner Jacobs said that when this came up before he had asked the Attorney to come back with information on what statutory authority the County has. She spoke about what was happening at Willow Springs. Commissioner Brown said that the evaluations of the homes should be easier to access on the County's website. She would like to move forward with an ordinance to regulate the homes. Commissioner Jacobs is pleased that there is coordination with other boards. He said that it sounds like we are treating people better who are in our jails than those who are in our nursing homes. He thinks the Board needs to be more assertive about this issue. He asked about health inspections and Cherie Rosemond said that the inspections are supposed to be unannounced. Chair Halkiotis noted that this is a very important item that we need to keep on the front burner. Advisory Board on Aging -Florence Soltys, Chair Florence Soltys said that the Aging Board appreciates Commissioner Jacobs' participation on that Board. She asked that the County Cammissianers approve the Master Aging Plan so that the committee can move forward with implementation. She read the goals of the Advisory Board on Aging: