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Orange County, Alamance County, Guilford County, or Raleigh. He said that this law never existed and DOT was using it as a catchall to discourage people from getting their streets paved. He understands that there is another law that says that if the majority of the people on the street want the road taken aver by DOT, they can sign a petition and get the courts to rule in favor, making the property owners that did not want to da it pay for the streets. He asked if this was correct. this. Commissioner Carey said that he has not heard this, but he wants to be updated on John Robinson said that a DOT official in Greensboro told him that three weeks ago. He said that the law supposedly says that DOT can charge the property owner up to $2,500 to pave the street. He said that he has written State Attorney General Cooper about the missing money for his street, and he intends to go to Governor Easley if he has to so that his street will be paved. John Link said that at the first meeting in May, there will be an annual public hearing on secondary road paving and DOT officials will be here. Chair Jacobs said that they would let Mr. Robinson know about this meeting. Barbara Nettles Carson spoke on Section 8 housing because she understands they are still in a public comment period with regard to the annual plan. She spoke as a close family member of a mentally ill patient that has lived with serious and persistent mental illness for the past 25-30 years. He is one of the lucky persons with a section 8 voucher. Since he received stable housing, this has allowed him to live in the least restrictive environment in the community and with dignity on his own. However, she believes that she and others have looked at th section 8 housing administration and how this now does not reach out to the disabled. She urged the Board of County Commissioners to attend to Mrs. Harrison's memo, which reflects this and requests that the waiting list be opened to disabled people, that reasonable accommodations be specified, and that the PHA apply for vouchers targeted to the disabled. Don Cain spoke about the traffic conditions on Buckhorn Road in reference to the Buckhorn Flea Market. He said that on the weekends the traffic is backed up an I-85 bath north and south. He said that on a Sunday, if an emergency vehicle needed to get down there, it would be impossible. He feels that the owner of the facility is using Buckhorn Road as his own driveway. The road has been repaved and repaved and is being torn up by the amount of traffic. He is on an emergency pager and he has to go at least five miles out of his way to get on the interstate if he gets a call on the weekends. As a resident of this area, he thinks he should have free flow to the interstate. He has seen accidents there and cars cutting in front of the tractor-trailers that come in and out of the Petro gas station. He asked that the County Commissioners look into this to see what can be done. Chair Jacobs said that they have brought this up with DOT for several years. He thinks they are looking at it, but obviously nothing has changed. Don Cain said that he has called the Highway Patrol and the Sheriff's Department, and it is even hard for Highway Patrol to get there. He said that on days that the Highway Patrol does license checks on the off- ramps, traffic is usually minimal on that weekend. He also knows that there are at least three food stands on this road from US 70 down to West 10. He does not knave if they are licensed by the Department of Health. Commissioner Halkiatis said that this has been about the third or fourth time that citizens have complained about this. He asked that Jahn Link and Geof Gledhill look at the original permits and see what the parking regulations are. He said that people are also parking on the side of the road. Don Cain said that he has seen the cars backed up all the way to the weigh station. Chair Jacobs said that they would look into this and get back to Mr. Cain.