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Chair Jacobs asked if Commissioner Carey would share his comments and Commissioner Carey said that he would at a later date. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he would like to take a proactive stance for a woman from Honduras living in Durham who came here to be with her father. He knows that there have been some efforts to deport her. She is a 12-13 year-old girl and he asked staff to put together a resolution for the next meeting. Commissioner Halkiotis said that DOT is beginning work on the final leg of the Lawrence Road paving and bridge replacement. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he would like the Manager's office to take immediate steps to deal with a safety situation around the old courthouse. He saw the Clerk of Court trip on a loose stone on the sidewalk opposite the new courthouse. He would like to put in some kind of temporary reattachment of the stones with some orange cones until the sidewalks can be fixed permanently. John Link said that the staff would address this. Commissioner Brown said that last week there was a Latino Roundtable meeting and it was an extremely good meeting and the agencies networked very well. There were 50-70 people there and this was the second annual meeting. Also, an organization called CALDO {Comite de Asuntos Latinos de Orange, which translates to the Orange County Committee on Latino Issues} has been formed. This is an umbrella group for a lot of the services provided to the Latino community. She would like to get a report on this organization and how they are providing services and supporting non-profits, etc. Commissioner Brawn asked if Commissioner Carey could provide information about the recommendation to take away the classification of "assault against women". She remembers fighting to have this designation many years ago. This is in regards to the criminal justice issue. Commissioner Carey said that he had not heard that it was going to change, but he would like to ask staff to research this. Commissioner Brown asked John Link about the information about Smart Start and the daycare funding that has been lost and how Orange County is providing the supplement for this. She asked far updated information on this issue. She knows that the County has lost a third of its funding for this. Commissioner Brown distributed information about the comparison of property tax rates for Durham, Wake, Chatham, and Orange Counties. She said that Orange County's valuation of the same house value is about $20Q mare because Orange County does provide better services such as schools, 911 services, Sheriff's Department, etc. Many people say that this is taa much, but she said that Orange County is very careful about how it spends the taxpayers' money. The source of this information was the Orange County Tax office. Chair Jacobs said that yesterday, there was aseven-hour meeting for the selection of architects for the justice facilities expansion in Hillsborough and the group hopes to have a recommendation at one of our next two meetings. Chair Jacobs attended the bi-monthly meeting of the Rural Planning Organization {RPO} and they received a presentation from DOT about school traffic design. He said that this fits in with some of the County's Planning. He said that there might be some opportunity for collaboration between schools, Planning, and DOT. Chair Jacobs said that he met with People for Progress from the Buckhorn Road area and they are very appreciative of what the Board of County Commissioners has done in regards to the sewer line, but they had complaints about Buckhorn Road. He would like more information at the next meeting about the food establishments that are apparently being run on the side of the road without running water. He said that it might be good to set up another meeting with DOT so that they can discuss the issues with the flea market, parking, etc. Chair Jacobs said that the grand opening of the Cedar Grove Library is on April 21St at 5:30 p.m.