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Wainwright and she indicated that the State would look into trying to make some additional funds available based on services delivered. The OPC staff will be looking at ways that it can make same adjustments to better receive the new service dollars. This will require some stressful decisions. He said that the OPC-LME Board is putting together a task force to find ways to continue to utilize the real estate that OPC owns or has an interest in to continue to use it to benefit the clients. Chair Jacobs said that they would invite all of the legislative delegation to the March 13tH work session to discuss mental health reform. Commissioner Carey said that he talked with Representative Insko before meeting with the State officials, and she was willing to come. They told her not to since it was a little premature. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Commissioner Carey who owns Northside building that OPC uses and Commissioner Carey said that the County owns it. Commissioner Carey said that there is no threat of any loss of any property that OPC owns, though some may be sold to close financial gaps. Chair Jacobs asked about the size of the financial gap and Commissioner Carey said that all of the efforts that will be made between now and the end of the year would not close the gap, but it will help. He did not answer about the size of the gap. Commissioner Foushee - no comments. Chair Jacobs congratulated ERCD for the Lands Legacy program finishing second nationally out of 60 applicants far a NACo award. Commissioner Halkiotis congratulated Chair Jacobs, Cooperative Extension Director Fletcher Barber, and the rest of the staff from Cooperative Extension for an outstanding Agricultural Summit that he attended last week. He said that he heard comments from participants there about the limited hours of the Northern Center library in Cedar Grove. He asked the Manager to report back about the hours of operation and how they can be expanded. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the Central Orange Senior Center Design Committee went to look at the gym at the Northern Center and there was a pottery wheel up there not being used. He wants to look at this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that last year when he came back from the NACo conference, he shared concerns about the Homeland Security funds. He heard recently on the news from the State Emergency Management Director that money is being taken away from smaller areas. He asked what impact this would have an the VIPER system far EMS. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is really interested in talking about suing the State and the Governor for broken promises on how lottery monies are going to be spent. He thinks that they have already figured out in Raleigh what they are going to do with the money and it will not be coming to Orange County, even though it was promised. He heard today that several school systems are suing the State for funding. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the seniors from the Friends of the Central Orange Senior Center were getting upset about the possibility of having to share their new space at the Sportsplex with the after-school children. They submitted a resolution to get their 15,000 square feet of dedicated space. He gave the Manager and the County Commissioners a copy of the resolution. Commissioner Halkiotis asked Assistant to the Manager Greg Wilder to give a statement to the members of the press. He read his statement as follows: November 1, 2005, was a turning point in my life when my wife Susan was returning home from Greensboro on I-40 when at approximately 7:55 p.m. her car was struck by a habitual drunk driver with no license in hand. I was attending a scheduled meeting of the Fairview Community Park Planning Committee when I got the call from a very upset Susan and I immediately excused myself from the group and took off far Greensboro. All kinds of thoughts raced through