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because there are limitations to being in the school. They would like to have a freestanding library. When they did a survey of Carrboro's residents of what they wanted most in downtown, the number one item was a downtown library. They feel that it is a natural flow from the County library. She thanked the Board of Commissioners and Brenda Stephens. Alex Zaffron is a member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and he is in support of the request of the Friends of the Carrboro Library for a freestanding branch library. He said that the key public amenity of their downtown revitalization is a downtown library. The missing piece is funding, but the timing would be such that if the Board of County Commissioners were able to put this on the bonds, they could take advantage of the redevelopment that is taking place in downtown Carrboro. There could be a unique partnership between the Town of Carrboro, Orange County, and the people working with them on the redevelopment of downtown Carrboro. b. Matters on the Printed Agenda (These matters were considered when the Board addressed that item on the agenda below.} 3. Board Comments Commissioner Halkiotis thanked the County Engineer for the Orange County water supply water levels (green sheet} and said that he read an article last week where the Governor has asked 20 counties to conserve water. He wants Orange County to take a position in this matter. He said that he would like to know how the discussions between Orange County and Hillsborough are going regarding water conservation issues. Chair Carey said that the Town of Hillsborough and Orange-Alamance Water Systems have made strides to reduce their reliance on the water from the Eno. He said that the Board of County Commissioners agreed to a plan that would encourage both water users to discuss with the County a mutual agreement that would reduce reliance on the Eno for a longer period of time. He thinks both entities are making good faith efforts to reduce reliance on the Eno and conserve water. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the report that Paul Thames gave them indicated that Lake Orange is six and a half feet below full and is dropping about an inch a day. Chair Carey said that one of the primary agreements is to try and bring all three jurisdictions in compliance with the same conservation measures. Commissioner Halkiotis asked the Manager to consult with Duke Power officials to see what they are using to clear and kill vegetative growth under their power line rights-of-way. It appears that something has been sprayed on the growth. He has seen all of the growth turn brown. He wants to know if there are any environmental consequences to what is being put on it. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he visited a Materials Recovery Facility in Greensboro a few years ago that used people coming out of drug rehab programs as a low-cost labor supply. He also visited a MRF in Charlotte that exploited refugees from Southeast Asia to do the same kind of work. There is also one in Athens, Georgia that uses prison labor. He thought the County had an agreement back then that they would never utilize this kind of facility if it relied solely on low-cost labor. He referred to the Solid Waste newsletter from last week and was surprised that it says: "The pie chart on the left shaves that over 24,000 tans of what could be recycled or composted given current markets is now being landfilled." He wants to know haw this was figured out. He read this as someone making an argument far opening a MRF in Orange County. He wants to knave who is pushing far a MRF and why. He is not going to support anything that uses a labor pool based on misery. He would like a report on haw this 24,000-ton number was achieved and how accurate this number is.