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accurate and honest. It should say "some protestors" and should not be a blanket statement. Commissioner Jacobs said that there was an NCDOT District and Division Representatives meeting on March 6, 2003 and the Board received a report from Karen Lincoln about this. Governor Easley has a program called North Carolina Moving Ahead and NCDOT is expected to have a lot of money to do road improvements. The representatives asked the County to identify any roads in Orange County which did not have right-of-way issues or environmental constraints that might need some immediate assistance as far as widening shoulders, fixing bumps, adding taper, etc. Any citizen can contact the Clerk at 245-2130 or Commissioner Jacobs who will pass those along to NCDOT representatives. Chair Brown said that the Horace Williams Citizens Committee met last week and had a presentation from Tony Waldrop of UNC. This was a complete presentation of the proposed Horace Williams development plan. It was clear that the plan that has been conceived is not the possible plan and they have dropped back to developing principles for the development of a concept plan. She brought up the issue of the impacts that development might have on County citizens and particularly fiscal impacts. She will keep bringing up the issues that reflect the County's involvement. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he, John Link, and Commissioner Carey represented the County at the Community College Needs Assessment Group, which met last week. They also had a presentation from Mr. Waldrop and things were changed from the last presentation. The acreage has decreased and the square footage has stayed the same. He would like to schedule another presentation before summer break. It is important to stay on top of this. Chair Brown said that all of the County Commissioners have served on various Horace Williams Tract committees and none of the plans have been appropriate. This is an agenda item at the next JPA meeting. Chair Brown made reference to the yellow ribbon and said that she is very glad to have it to support all of the individuals that have gone off to fight, but she thinks that it is an outrageous statement that protesters took out anything on any solders during the Vietnam War. She also was a war protestor during the Vietnam War. She is glad that all of us have a way to express our support regardless of our feelings about the war. Chair Brown reported that she met with Tom Maynard and the Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health Advisory Board to track the disassembling of the mental health system. Chair Brawn showed a wooden clock that is in the shape of a car that represented the 100`" automobile that has been given away by TROSA for the Wheels for Work project. Chair Brown made reference to the newspaper article with the misleading third high school projections. She is not convinced that the projections show that the Chapel Hill- Carrbora City Schools will need 1,500 additional seats for high school students. She has asked the school board to make this presentation to the Board of County Commissioners and have the Planning staff evaluate the projections. She is glad the newspapers took it up and did some investigative reporting. She asked the Planning