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Commissioner Gordon reinforced what Chair Brown said about supporting the county's long-term affordability policy. The Board worked hard for this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the affordable housing issue needs to be brought forward to the Town of Hillsborough and the Mayor. Commissioner Jacobs said that there is a 340-acre development that Hillsborough is considering between the two interstates on NC 86 and they are not talking about providing any affordable units to be guaranteed. Regarding the long-term affordability issue, he suggested looking at the places where it is inconsistent and exploring haw it could be made consistent. Brian Crawford said that the goal is not to change, but to make sure that the policy works for all sources of funding. Chair Brown said that the Board requested last year that the Affordable Housing Advisory Board bring an accounting of all the affordable units in the County so that there is a benchmark far the bond money. CAPITAL ISSUES Senior Center Development: This was under tab 6. John Link said that one of the requests of the County Commissioners was an update for timetables for various bond projects for the next couple of years. This was provided by Budget Director Donna Dean as an attachment. A timeframe is needed for addressing senior center projects. Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones has developed athree-page description of haw the process may work. The County only has six months to develop a plan far the new senior center. He asked far the Board to provide input on this. Pam Janes, Florence Soltys, and Jack Chestnut came up to answer questions. Commissioner Carey verified that both centers were on the same timeline. Commissioner Jacobs said that it is important to keep the centers on the same track far equality issues. Commissioner Carey asked about the programming needs of both centers. Florence Soltys said that sharing between the two committees will be important, but there needs to be two separate planning groups. Commissioner Jacobs said that we still need to ask UNC about this property. Commissioner Halkiotis and Commissioner Jacobs talked with the Chancellor in the fall and followed it up with a letter. There is not really a site far either senior center. There will have to be an institutional process for the UNC property. Chair Brown said that she had a meeting with Ned Brooks last week and he made her an appointment with the provost. Jahn Link said that there are two phases of engaging the University. One is having a University facility that would be an adjunct to the senior center. The second level is having a University Institute on Aging connected to the senior center. This may not be resolved in the timeframe we need to move on with this senior center because we only have six months.