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evacuation. Nick Waters said that they have sent the study to each county that was involved in <br />the study so they could start planning. The next step is to prioritize the mast probable scenarios <br />and come up with a plan. <br />Commissioner Gordon suggested concentrating on immediate action on <br />evacuation because if anything happens, people are going to evacuate. Nick Waters said that <br />this is a difficult task because people will be evacuating in different directions depending on the <br />crisis. <br />Commissioner Jacobs suggested a page in the study that states under whose <br />auspices this was done because the recommendations are deeply political. He also asked <br />about the evacuation plans. Nick Waters said that the only regional evacuation plans that are in <br />place are the coastal counties to move people from the coast inland. They developed an I-40 <br />reversal strategy from Wilmington through Wake County and both lanes of I-40 will be west <br />bound. There is no plan on where to go after that. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to see recommendations from the <br />staff an what the Board can advocate for with the state legislature, the governor, and <br />congressmen. <br />Chair Brown confirmed with Nick Waters that this was a good thing to put on the <br />Assembly of Governments agenda as a presentation. <br />Chair Brown's concern is with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the <br />nuclear power issues and the reliance that evacuation is the only solution to dealing with an <br />accident. This study shows that an evacuation plan would not help Orange County. She would <br />like this to be known to as many people as possible because we need to face reality and not <br />pretend that we are capable of evacuating all of these people. <br />Nick Waters said that the most important thing that the study pointed out was the <br />need for honest statewide education about these issues. <br />11. CLOSED SESSION <br />12. ADJOURNMENT <br />A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HALKIOTIS, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER CORDON TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 10:00 P.M. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />MARGARET BROWN, CHAIR <br />DONNA S. BAKER <br />CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />