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Even if it were just a picnic shelter or a bench or something simple, it would be giving citizens an opportunity to enjoy it without encouraging them to intrude on the neighbors. John Link said he had similar reservations when the skate park was discussed with the staff. He said that as they look at the skate park as a future phase at Northern or Fairview, are there numbers that indicate that there are a large number of 9t" grade males out there and has it been discussed. Lori Taft said that the parents that were there had kids younger than that -more like in the 10 to 12 year old range. John Link said that they need to do more research. He has had to ask a group of kids to leave from behind the Government Services Center. Skate parks have value but this needs more research. Chair Carey asked that when the public was asked about their priorities were they told that Americorp would construct the trails, so that they didn't factor the trails into their priority list. David Stancil said he was not sure but he did not think so. Chair Carey said he agreed with the rest of the Commissioners about the skate area. He thinks that any left over money should be used to go ahead with putting in some of the trails rather than waiting for Americorp, unless they are sure that Americorp is going to do this. Dave Stancil said that they would revise the master plan and bring it back in September. ( 3. Joint Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Action Plan Dave Stancil said the Board has discussed the fact that Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Orange County had all joined the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). As a result, a joint venture developed, whose purpose was to inventory greenhouse gas emissions and develop an action plan for reductions in emissions. Staff spent a great deal of time developing a Request for Qualifications and receiving and evaluating the results and identified ICLEI Energy Services (IES) of Toronto as the best possible contractor. During the last several months staff has drafted a proposed Memorandum of Agreement between the jurisdictions that outlines the proposed cost shares and responsibilities for the project, which will take place ostensibly over four or five months beginning in September or October. The Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen have approved the MOA. They have been working on a draft contract that they will be bringing back far the Board's formal action. David Stancil told the Board that the towns have adopted the MOA so the Board should identify anything that needs to be changed. This greenhouse gas emissions project is basically an opportunity for our jurisdictions along with UNC to take a look at acting locally in terms of something that is a global issue. He said that over a period of 4 to ~ months there would be an information gathering technique that would be done in conjunction with a proposed Air Quality Advisory Committee. This Committee would include an elected representative from of each of the three Boards, one representative from UNC, three representatives from the energy industry, and six at-large appointments (2 from each jurisdiction). The cost of the project is estimated to be $45,000 dollars and this money has been in their budget for about a year and half and they would not require any new appropriations. He said that also included in the materials the Board has is a copy of the proposed MOA (Orange County's cost is projected to be about $13,700), a copy of the contract, and the scope of work. This organization (IES) has done a lot of these projects throughout the United States and in Canada, and mast recently in Arlington County, Virginia. Dave Stancil said that the Board will see references to the