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located in the hallway that the Fire Marshall will not allow to continue. He said that they <br />are not giving away space to other entities. He will report back at the next meeting. <br />Chair Brown would like a layout of the interior design of the library, before <br />and after renovations. <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />{These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the <br />agenda below.} <br />3. BOARD COMMENTS <br />Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to US 70 at Palmers Grave Road and <br />how he witnessed a bad accident there last week. He said that ever since DOT put up <br />guardrails and resurfaced the road people are going really fast on that road. He wants <br />to send a letter to the Sheriff to put a radar there to slaw people down. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that the North Carolina Food Bank has opened up <br />three food distribution centers in this County and is opening up a fourth one this week. <br />He said that he was surprised that there are sa many here in spite of all the efforts the <br />County has made through (7CIM, Social Services, etc. He requested from John Link to <br />see who is in charge of this operation and how many people are participating. The <br />fourth food bank is located at Palmers Grove Methodist Church. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that in the Manager's memo, there was a memo <br />from Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson to the Manager talking about an update on a <br />regional publicly owned landfill site search. He read from the memo as follows: "The <br />project grew out of a request by a group of Triangle Mayors, including Cary, Chapel Hill, <br />Durham, and Raleigh, who have been meeting monthly to explore areas far regional <br />cooperation. They determined that solid waste was one area of potential regional <br />cooperation. TRSWPC has pursued that option by developing the exploration of a <br />regional landfill operation with a minimum 20-year life." He said that he is not a solid <br />waste professional but he has visited many waste centers. He remembers <br />Commissioner Jacobs telling them of an elected official from the legislature in Durham <br />who said that the only reason that counties exist are for cities to annex. He said that <br />they are not going to site a regional landfill within any city limits. It will probably be sited <br />within same county's jurisdictional area. He thinks the County Commissioners should <br />be involved in this process somehow. <br />Chair Brown said that she was surprised about this too. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that Sharon Cooke and other citizens were <br />concerned about traffic on Homestead Road and this item was supposed to came back <br />tonight but because Planning Director Craig Benedict suffered the tragic loss of his <br />sister, this item was delayed and hopefully will come back on December 1St. She gave <br />her condolences to Craig Benedict on the terrible loss of his sister. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Transportation Advisory <br />Committee meeting and the safety issues at Homestead Road and High School Road. <br />She said that she brought this up to TAC in hopes that they could provide some funds to <br />this situation. The committee members were supportive. They referred it to the staff for <br />a recommendation on the source of funds. There are many sources of funds. <br />