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The Board directed staff to write a letter to the Traffic Engineer. <br />Chair Halkiatis suggested that Karen Lincoln and Craig Benedict go to the school sites and look <br />at the road. He also suggested lowering the speed limit 10 miles per hour. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that, at the last TAC meeting it was reported that the Mayors of <br />Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh signed on to support the Regional Transportation Strategy. <br />Commissioner Gordan also distributed the elements of the Transportation Improvement Plan <br />from the TAC. <br />Commissioner Carey made reference to the letters from citizens in the Carolina Springs <br />community regarding rent increase, and asked far a report on the role the County plays in rent <br />increases. He said that there was some misconception that people think that a tax revaluation <br />triggers a rent increase. He asked John Link to give a presentation at the Board of County <br />Commissioners' next work session. <br />Commissioner Carey made reference to the request of the residents on Lakeshore Drive. Even <br />if we cannot respond completely to the response, we need to focus on that and make a conscious <br />decision an what the County can do. He said that the County and the Town did not cause the <br />sediment to build up in that lake. The staff will give a report on this. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the Little River Park Advisory Group and said that <br />there is a projected timetable an the potential opening date for the park of August ar September 2002. <br />At the next meeting the group will make some recommendations based, in large part, on what was <br />expressed at a meeting on March 15t with the people who live in the area and also in terms of <br />environmental costs and maintenance and construction costs. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the Durham-Chapel Hill work group received a report from <br />Chatham County about a deal they have made with Cary on an allocation from Jordan Lake. <br />Chatham County is working on reducing the number of lots that can be served with water and on-site <br />septic systems to 80,000 square feet countywide as apposed to 40,000 square feet countywide. He <br />has asked for that thinking and reasoning to be shared with our Planning Director so that it could be <br />forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners. Also, Durham is planning an annexation request <br />into Orange County, which was a surprise to our Planning Director. Craig Benedict will get more <br />details on this. We may want to look at an agreement with Durham CountylDurham City. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the news release about the deconstruction on the <br />farmer Orange Industries site and said that all of the Commissioners were invited to visit the site. The <br />people doing the video would like to get comments from the County Commissioners. <br />Commissioner Jacobs thanked our Planning Board Chair Nicole Gooding-Ray for coming to the <br />meeting with the Town of Hillsborough and to the regular meeting. <br />Commissioner Brown asked for a report on Carolina Springs, including the background on the <br />affordable housing issue because this Board used taxpayer's money to pay for the impact fees. <br />Commissioner Brown made reference to the proposed plan for Little River Regional Park and <br />asked if the County Commissioners would get to see that plan and Commissioner Jacobs said yes. <br />Chair Halkiotis asked Commissioner Brawn to report back to the County Commissioners on her <br />Mexico visit with other elected officials. <br />4. COUNTY MANAGER'S REPORT -NONE <br />5. RESOLUTIONSIPROCLAMATIONS <br />a. Orange Community Housing Corporation iOCHC)/Community Land Trust in Orange <br />County Merger <br />The Board considered a resolution of support far a merger of the two agencies. <br />Jahn Link explained that there was a deletion of the next to the last whereas, which was <br />redundant and did not add any clarity to the resolution. <br />Hauling and Community Development Director Tara Fikes explained that the elected <br />officials in Orange County have received a letter from the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the <br />Orange Community Housing Corporation and the Board President of the Community Land Trust in <br />Orange County informing them that there has been a small group meeting to discuss the potential <br />