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Kinnaird, and several builders were in attendance. He said that there is a disconnect in North Carolina between solar energy systems and the North Carolina building code, which says very little about solar energy issues. He thanked Martie Mandell of Carrboro for putting this meeting together. He and Chair Brown mentioned the fact that this Board of County Commissioners is looking at any and all opportunities with the renovations at the Northern Center in Cedar Grove regarding solar applications. Senator Kinnaird is very supportive of this and said that Representative Hackney is responsible for a tax incentive for people to use solar energy. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is confused and he asked that the Manager get people together to get some additional information about the third high school. He made reference to a newspaper article that said, "Numbers don't add up for third school," and "School officials revise claim that 1,500 students for new high school live south of NC 54. The more likely number is fewer than 800." This was a reporter far the Chapel Hill News. He asked for additional clarity. He said that we are going to be relying mare on numbers and we need an independent individual keeping the numbers -someone not working for either school district. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the newspaper article and said that she gave a report of the school board meeting and they did give a chart showing the number of students above a line and below a line on a map. She said that it is possible that the article was written before the school board meeting. The confusion is whether Franklin Street or NC 54 is the dividing line. She asked John Link to get the map that defines the line as to north and south. John Link said that the staff would respond to the questions at the work session on March 25tH Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Environmental Summit, which is March 29tH at the Totten Center from 10am to 12pm. Commissioner Gordan said that last week there was a meeting of the Chapel Hill Township Park and Education Campus, which is CHATPEC. After the March 27tH meeting, they will be Gaming with an interim report to the Board of County Commissioners and they have come up with a list of uses for the park. Commissioner Gordon mentioned the State of the Economy Breakfast and said that it was a very informative session. She commended the staff. Commissioner Jacobs gave credit to Katie Hunter who was the reporter who wrote the newspaper article. He said that these numbers and projections are confusing and they continue to shift. He said that if we are going to spend taxpayers' money and we are going to follow through on our commitments to education, we need to be sure and clear about the basis for those decisions. He heard the Superintendent tell the County Commissioners that the line was NC 54. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the card regarding the yellow ribbons and read, "Vietnam war protesters took out their anger on the war on the men and women who had to fight it." He said that this statement was unfair. He was a protestor and he never took his anger out on the people who were forced to fight. He said that he thinks the leaders of this country sent people to die in Vietnam. He would like this to be