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and the present shelter is inadequate in a number of ways. He appreciates being involved in the focus groups of the shelter and he would also urge all to take matters to the Orange County Dispute Settlement Center. Elliot Cramer distributed a document. He said that he was surprised by the personal attack by Kendall Page since he was responsible far her being on the APS Board. He encouraged her nomination. He noted that just before Christmas he talked with her on a number of occasions and she told him that she supported what he was doing, but that she wanted to work behind the scenes. He also had lunch with her at her office and they had a good discussion. At that time, she asked him not to make any public comments for the next couple of weeks before she went to the her first APS Board meeting. He did sa and when he returned from vacation he found a certified letter with false allegations about his trespassing and it was dated the day of the APS Board meeting. He sent a reply to the County Commissioners, Kendall Page, and Pat Beyle. Regarding the person who feared for her life, he thinks this is Ann Peterson, and said that the key phrase is that she feared him "that night." He thinks this is very telling, because the shelter is not open at night. This must mean it was during the board meeting. He did attend a board meeting after receiving the trespassing notice, and the notice referred to two prior occasions in which he banged loudly on doors and attempted to enter the building. He said that all of these things are lies and the evidence is that these things happened prior to the November APS meeting at which he was invited as a nominee to the board. At this meeting, he was invited on a personal tour of the shelter at some convenient time. He went in at a later time and went into the shelter room and looked around at the cages and walked through an area and one of the staff told him that the area was closed to the public and that the gate was left open by mistake. He continued to walk to another area. He said that this was the extent of his trespass. He said that Pat Sanford has testified to the County Commissioners that there was no door, but a temporary gate and she had had problems with people leaving the gate open. Chair Brown asked Mr. Cramer to finish his statement. Elliot Cramer said that he has not had a chance to make the statement that he came here to make. He referred to his handout and said that the APS is so desperate that they have resorted to slander and this information will be on his website. He said that the AP5 is misrepresenting costs of operations. He believes that the County should be paying approximately 34% of the salaries of the "chiefs" there, which account for half of all the salaries and half of the County's budget. Chair Brown asked him to stop and to submit anything further in writing. She suggested that both parties get together and discuss this issue with the Dispute Settlement Center. This dispute needs to be taken care of in a different venue. Brian Voyce spoke about the Northern Transition Area of Orange County. He made reference to a quote from Commissioner Jacobs in an article about the placement of the third high school. The statement was about the awareness of the general citizen base of Orange County on how and where the growth is going to occur in Orange County. He suggested that staff look at communicating to citizens about how the growth is expected to come and where it is going to be. The second issue was a statement made by Mayor Nelson of Carrboro, in which he was talking about the SAPFO. He said that it was unclear how SAPFO was going to operate in terms of the burden on the citizens and the developers. In particular, he would like to know if this is going to operate in a way to create legal rights for the developers. Chair Brown said that they have some excellent information about the SAPFO regarding this topic. She referred to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for the SAPFO.