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Commissioner Halkiotis said that he had lunch with a 43-year old black female that he taught at Orange High about 20 years ago and she told about her parents who were homeless people who were sharecroppers. He said that most of the blacks have been replaced with the Latinos. We need an update on how many Latinos there are out there. The Commissioners also need to get an update on haw many true temporary H2A people (type of labor visa to work in this country where the employers need must be temporary) we have in this County. There is no annual capon H2A workers. Chair Jacobs made reference to land use planning and said he would like for us to move toward requiring special use permits for all major subdivisions, excluding minor subdivisions. This would give the County Commissioners much more control over the shape of development. He would like to work toward having an inclusionary zoning component to the subdivision process and that can best be done with a special use permit process. Commissioner Halkiotis said that there are a lot of efforts looking at issues that involve the Counties and municipalities. What will this County look like in 2050 and 2100? He would like to have a roundtable discussion on this issue. He feels it would be great to have a value engineering position funded by the County and cities to oversee all construction. Commissioner Brown would like for us to firm up our interlocal agreements with Hillsborough and Mebane and strengthen the Joint Planning Agreement with Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Commissioner Brown made reference to the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance and the fact that we need to make this happen this year. Commissioner Brown would like a firm agreement on how annexation will happen - maybe a joint planning agreement or annexation agreement with Hillsborough. Chair Jacobs said that Hillsborough is trying to get a grip on water usage and maybe this is the time to sit down and talk with the town of Hillsborough. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to a request of creative legislative authority. It would be nice if other agencies that receive County funds or services could benefit with healthcare coverage for their employees by utilizing the County group rates. Chair Jacobs asked how we could get our Congressmen and Senators to address some of our more urgent needs like the urgent repair needs application. The State turned down the County's application. He hopes we can approach our representatives for completing the sewer system in Efland and connecting the water system from Mebane to Orange-Alamance. Commissioner Gordon made reference to fiscal impact analysislcost of community services. She noted that the goal has been postponed for one year. She would like greater emphasis put on this goal. Cost of community services is something in which the Commission for the Environment has an interest. She would like to see this have a higher priority. Chair Jacobs said that the fiscal impact analysis submitted with every subdivision is not new information because we already know that subdivisions do not pay for themselves. He thinks that cost for community services is a good idea. He is not sure who we are trying to convince by the fiscal impact analysis. He does not think it needs to be refined. Commissioner Gordon said that the refinement had to do with completing the analysis for nonresidential development. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the fiscal impact analysis is a paper exercise and he feels