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and then voting at-large after that really does serve the purpose that the people in the community are trying to have served. Of the plans put forth, he likes the third one. He agrees that the third one does not meet the constitutional mandate because of the math presented by Mr. Triebel. If the third one was modified to put all the townships but Chapel Hill into one large district, give that district two representatives and give 4 representatives to the Chapel Hill Township, the math would work and the same goal would be reached. An alternative approach would be to add a fourth item which would be to expand the commissioners from 5 to 7 members and use the Chapel Hill Township as one district with four members and the rest of the county would have 2 members and then one at large member. It is impossible to assess the plans without knowing where the lines are going to be since you can't really know whether the more rural part of the county would ever have a voice in this process. He commended Chair Carey far having taken it this far and for having put forth the ideas conceptually but he feels he is evaluating them in a vacuum. When the Board reaches the next stage, they would like to came back and speak on the subject once lines are drawn. Representative Faison also said that Commissioner Halkiotis said that he would like to have legislation making it possible for the county to donate property to other governmental bodies and he has introduced legislation to do that. The legislation passed the House and has gone to the Senate. The Senate decided not to take up any house bills while they were working on the budget so it did not come out of the Senate in the long session. It is sitting in the Senate now and hopefully it will come out in the short session. He commended Commissioner Halkiotis for what he has done and he thought it was a great idea. Max Kennedy said he has lived in Orange County all his life. He supports the idea of district representation and if they are allowed to nominate from a district they should be able to vote from a district. He respectfully requests that the Board move forward with this after presenting them with district lines to review. Charles Habgaad -not here. Ann Joyner has lived in Cedar Grove and Cheeks Township for over 28 years. She is president of Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities, which works in the area of civil rights including voting rights. Obviously this is not a racial issue. It is an issue of one part of the county lacking a voice. It is also an issue of at- large voting. She cited some of the faults of the at-large system. She referred to Raeford, N. C. where 53% of the town is white and every one of the Town Council members is white. No one would say that thane council members represent the black voters in that town ar that they adequately represent the 47°l° of voters who are black. When voting rights are challenged legally the solution is almost always district voting or some combination of at-large and district voting. She asked the board to give the county that option and to increase the board to at least 7 members and to have district representation at the general elections as well as in the primary. Carolyn Christman has lived in Chapel Hill for 30 years and most recently in Cheeks township and she would like to see the board increased to 7 members and to follow with district and at-large system. She likeed Option 2 because she likes the combination and the idea for including the voting in the primary and the general election. The current system gives them a board that is driven by the majority of voters who live in Chapel Hill, but she believes this narrows the focus of our county government in terms of limiting the issues that are discussed, the way problems are conceived, and the types of solutions that are developed. With more diversity on the board it would be easier to reach outside the box and came up with more creative