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Commissioner Jacobs asked Rosie Summers to give the members of the media the information about the L&W mobile home park so that they can follow the documentation. Chair Brown asked if the residents of the mobile homes were owners or renters and Rosie Summers said that the residents are owners. She said that most of the homes that the Health Department has ordered to be vacated have been vacated, but have not been disconnected from power and sewer. They do not anticipate anyone losing their home as a result of this and there are vacant spaces to move the units ta. She said that the Environmental Health staff has done an excellent job of keeping the residents informed about where the enforcement action is. Commissioner Jacabs said that Judge Anderson's suggestion about using the Dispute Settlement Center is something they have discussed regarding the shelter. Commissioner Jacobs said that he agrees with Commissioner Halkiotis about putting the appointments to Boards and Commissions back on the agenda. Commissioner Gordon said that the meeting about the 15-501 bridge is going to be an April 3rd at 7:00 p.m. in the Githens Middle School auditorium. She hopes that someone from the staff will go and read the resolution. Commissioner Gordan said that there was a marvelous environmental summit Saturday and Reid Wilson, the Executive Director of the Conservation Trust far North Carolina, spoke. The Commission for the Environment and David Stancil organized the summit. Commissioner Gordon made reference to air quality and the Triangle Air Quality Partnership Initiative. Triangle J COG is trying to get this together with the two MPOs in the area - DurhamlChapel HiIltCarrboro and CAMPO. They want to respond to the provisions of the clean air act. Commissioner Gordon distributed some handouts from the Triangle J COG meeting. This document explains the local government responsibility. She made reference to page 3 - transportation conformity. These things will be addressed at an air quality meeting on Friday, April 11th from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at RDU airport authority. Commissioner Gordan said that we received a legislative report from Triangle J COG. . They are urging the counties to do anything they can to keep the provisions. An interesting bill is the phase out of counties to pay far Medicaid expenses and another one is to interconnect public water systems. Another bill is the local option tax menu that was introduced by Verla Insko and Representative Rick Blazer and the bill meets one of the goals of our regional legislative agenda. The bill includes authorization to levy a sales and use tax, prepared meals tax, occupancy tax, and excise tax on conveyances. Commissioner Carey said that he had received information about the discussions in the legislature about the merger issue and he had forwarded some to the Manager. The Manager will get all of the information to all County Commissioners. He regrets that he had to miss two meetings last week because he had to ga out of town an business unexpectedly. He was in Washington dealing with concerns about North Carolina, specifically the Medicaid program. One of the issues is the $93 billion reduction in the funds available for the Medicaid program over the next ten years. This bill will be voted an in the next few days. Another bill would increase the amount of money that the federal government is contributing to the Medicaid program to specifically reduce the amount that states are required to pay. The third bill is a block granting of the Medicaid program over the next ten years and is revenue neutral. He encouraged people to call their Senators and Congressmen. Commissioner Carey said that he appreciates the many people that have sent him emails on both sides of the school merger issue and he encourages people to continue to do this. He has learned from all of them. He asks that all be patient for the report in August. Chair Brown said that she would be happy to add the Appointments to Boards and Commissions to the next meeting's agenda.