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This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate <br />consideration. <br />~ Impact Fee Reimbursement Agreement <br />This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate <br />consideration. <br />r. HOME Program -Second Mortgage Assistance <br />The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign a development agreement with <br />Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Inc. on behalf of the Orange County HOME Consortium to <br />provide second mortgage assistance for one law-income family. <br />s. BoardslCommissionslTask Forces to be Dissolved <br />This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda far separate <br />consideration. <br />VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br />ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA <br />f. Cedar Ridge High School Capital Project Ordinance <br />The Board considered a request from the Orange County School Board to increase fire- <br />fighting capacity near Cedar Ridge High School. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked if this solution would be adequate for the fire-fighting <br />capacity. <br />Chair Halkiotis said that if the waterline should break that runs under I-40, which has <br />broken several times, there would be some serious complications for the school. All new high schools <br />built in North Carolina must have sprinkler systems in the auditorium stage area and the ancillary <br />dressing rooms. There is one fire hydrant currently serving Grady Brawn Elementary School that is <br />putting out about 830 gallons per minute, which is 30 gallons more than the state minimum. With the <br />new high school and a future government building on that other piece of land, it would be foolish not <br />to provide an enhancement to the fire-fighting capacity. This proposal would bring a line under Grady <br />Brown Road and site a hydrant at the top of the property line and would interconnect with the five <br />existing hydrants on the Cedar Ridge site, add another hydrant to the Grady Brown site, and overall <br />enhance the entire fire-fighting opportunity. The upgrade is adequate. He said that an effort was <br />made over a series of months to work with the Town of Hillsborough to do something jointly, and they <br />were not interested in pursuing anything heading across I-40 on Orange Grove Road. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br />approve the request from the Orange County School Board to increase fire-fighting capacity near <br />Cedar Ridge High School at an estimated cost of $350,000. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />g_ Contract Renewal with People's Channel <br />The Board considered renewing a contract with People's Channel to videotape and <br />broadcast County Commissioners' meetings for fiscal year 2001-2002. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if we ever got a response back from Time Warner to our <br />request for them to live up to the contract which had previously been in effect before they took over <br />the system that assured us that we would be provided service in this manner. Jahn Link said that <br />there was recently a meeting involving the leadership of the Cable Advisory Committee and Time <br />Warner discounted the old franchise, feeling that they could legally discount it if and when it went to <br />court. He said that this issue is really about what the County should be able to obtain long term and <br />what Time Warner is willing to negotiate. He does not think the Board should have to move quickly. <br />Geoffrey Gledhill said that the contention of the old franchise required Time Warner to <br />provide facilities far cable casting County Commissioners' meetings in the old and new Hillsborough <br />courthouses. Time Warner contends that this was superseded by subsequent agreements and rolled <br />into franchise agreements. At the staff level, we have elected not to ga back and forth on this right <br />now. There is a proposed franchise agreement with Time Warner that addresses some of the issues. <br />