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33 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by to Commissioner Yuhasz to <br /> 2 appoint Ms. Katherine Doom as the Hillsborough Township Representative to a first full term <br /> 3 expiring June 30, 2015. <br /> 4 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 5 <br /> 6 13. Board Comments <br /> 7 Commissioner McKee said that he attended a TARPO meeting last week and they <br /> 8 discussed transportation improvements. He said that there is a huge shortfall of funds over the <br /> 9 next 25 years. He thinks that this should be kept in mind. <br /> 10 Commissioner Yuhasz said that he will be meeting soon about the governance of OPC <br /> 11 Mental Health. He said that the Board should expect that Judy Truitt will be visiting them to <br /> 12 explain these changes. The Board will be asked to approve a governance scheme that will be <br /> 13 unique among all the governing mental health organizations. <br /> 14 Commissioner Foushee congratulated the Chapel Hill High Men's basketball season for <br /> 15 finishing 25-0. Also, the Orange High School wrestling team won the State Championship for <br /> 16 the 2nd year in a row. <br /> 17 Commissioner Hemminger said that she attended the Community Home Trust retreat. <br /> 18 Affordable housing was discussed and a lot of organizations are leaning towards rentals instead <br /> 19 of home-ownership. <br /> 20 Commissioner Jacobs said that the code to get into the County parking spaces is <br /> 21 1202#. He said that he does not recall being apprised of a community meeting tomorrow night <br /> 22 for the Eno EDD. Someone complained to him today that they could not find anything on the <br /> 23 County's website about this. <br /> 24 Commissioner Gordon said that the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> 25 Organization Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) met recently and she sent an email <br /> 26 about it. The TAC did approve the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA), though not in exactly the <br /> 27 same form as it was approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board wanted only <br /> 28 the C2 alignment to be studied further, while the TAC voted to send both options forward, with <br /> 29 the C2 alignment option preferred. She thought that the County preferring C2 was very <br /> 30 important in convincing the TAC members to prefer the C2 alignment. <br /> 31 Regarding Triangle Transit, Commissioner Gordon said that ridership continues to <br /> 32 increase. <br /> 33 Chair Pelissier updated the Board about discussions concerning transit with the towns <br /> 34 and UNC. She asked the Attorney to write a memo on whether to have one agreement with all <br /> 35 three parties (Orange County, Triangle Transit, Chapel Hill Transit) or whether to have two <br /> 36 separate agreements, with one of them being an agreement between Orange County and <br /> 37 Triangle Transit. <br /> 38 Chair Pelissier said that there was also discussion about how the human service needs <br /> 39 are met in the Orange County Transit Plan. <br /> 40 Chair Pelissier asked if Commissioner Gordon could go to the next Durham/Orange <br /> 41 County Transit meeting and the Board agreed since Commissioner Foushee will be out of town <br /> 42 and that would leave only Chair Pelissier and Commissioner Yuhasz attending. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 14. Information Items <br /> 45 <br /> 46 • February 7, 2012 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List <br /> 47 • Update on Whiffed Human Services Center <br /> 48 • Update on Comprehensive Parks & Recreation Master Plan <br /> 49 • Letter from Board Chair Regarding BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions Lists <br /> 50 <br />