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f. Watershed Protection David Stancil summarized the objectives of this goal. Commissioner Carey asked if there was a plan to present a report to the Board of County Commissioners. Chair Halkiotis asked for a presentation as well. g, Air Quality Goal (Prapasedl David Stancil made reference to enforcing statutes and said that he has tried to collapse all of these issues into one goal. Chair Halkiotis asked about open burning being allowed in Orange County. He asked David Stancil to explore the issue of the air quality zone that Orange County is in. Commissioner Carey commented that this air quality issue will probably get worse because of what the Environmental Protection Agency will be doing and what the President allows. h. Solid Waste Management Organization, Facilities and Services Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson came to the table to discuss this with the Board of County Commissioners. Chair Halkiotis asked if the water line had been laid in the Rogers Road neighborhood. Rod Visser spoke about this issue and explained what has been done in the Rogers Road neighborhood. Chair Halkiotis said that it was very important to keep the Board of County Commissioners updated so that confidence would not be eroded among the Rogers Road neighbors. Gayle Wilson said that most of the easements have been obtained. Commissioner Carey asked about recycling and Gayle Wilson answered satisfactorily. Commissioner Jacobs spoke about going to the Whitted Center and that he noticed that deconstruction had started across the street. Rod Visser spoke about knocking the building dawn and said that one of the things that is most appealing is that a video will be done to show the benefits of deconstruction. Chair Halkiotis said that at the next I & E committee meeting there will be a presentation of the deconstruction showing how this process saved the County $25,000. Commissioner Jacobs said that this is very innovative for North Carolina and that there is an incentive to do deconstruction as opposed to demolition. 4. Affordable Housing Task Force Preliminary Report Present from the Commissioners' Affordable Housing Task Force was Mr. Jack Chestnut, Ms. Nancy Milio, and Mr. Robert Dowling. Nancy Milio came forward to speak about the Commissioners' Affordable Housing Task Farce report. She spoke about the housing summit that was held one year ago. She described the work of the Commissioners' Affordable Housing Task Farce. She spoke about the reasons that more affordable housing would be needed in the future. She said that we could only anticipate a very great housing problem for people who want to live and work in the County. She summarized the recommendations of the task force. Commissioner Gordon asked what would be done to make this report final. Commissioner Jacobs said that the group would take into consideration the Board of County Commissioners' comments. Commissioner Gordon asked if this would go to the band committee {i.e., Capital Needs Advisory Task Force) and John Link said yes. He added that the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force would get cone-page summary tomorrow at their meeting. Commissioner Gordon would like to see the one-page summary that is going to the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force tomorrow. Commissioner Gordon mentioned that Commissioner Brown really wanted to be here for this report tonight. Chair Halkiotis said that originally she had said that she had na problem with this report being given tonight. Commissioner Jacobs explained further that the whole time frame was arranged around her schedule.