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Commissioner Gordon said that she wants the County to develop its own FAQ and Craig Benedict said that he would work with Triangle Transit on this. Commissioner Gordon said that Triangle Transit's FAQ may be different from Orange County's and they need county staff to do a FAQ for Orange County, to be put on the county website along with other information. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon that this is complex enough that they need staff to put this in Orange County verbiage for Orange County residents and to ask Triangle Transit what they are planning to do for public education in Orange County. 2. Sitinq Criteria for Southwest Branch Library— Review of Comments Library Services Director Lucinda Munger made reference to Attachment B. She said that on the left side is the original criteria from last fall. There are also comments from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen and a staff analysis. Everyone pretty much agreed on the criteria about 85%. There were some suggestions from the Aldermen and these were added into the staff comments. This is Phase 3, #2. It is suggested that lease versus purchase be moved to Phase 1 and then in Phase 3, #1, "alignment with Comprehensive Plan," it is being suggested to move that to Phase 1 and change the wording to read, "public or private entities." She made reference to the areas of difference and said that these are listed. The first one is the element of visibility that has been eliminated from the criteria. Staff still thinks that this is an important element and should be in the beginning of the process. The building should be visible. There was also discussion of price being the overarching or primary concern. Staff recommends that the Board leave the price where it is because there are other considerations for a piece of property, such as how much it will take to actually develop the site. Regarding determination of space needs, staff recommends no change from the original because this is driven by code and ordinances. Regarding public transportation, the Aldermen would like the library to be on an existing Chapel Hill Transit route that serves the downtown area. Staff recommends no change from the original because bus routes are constantly changing. Finally, in Phase 3 and Community Preference, the Aldermen suggest that this be moved to Phase 2. Staff recommends that this remain in Phase 3 because Phases 1 and 2 are meant to be very quick technical analyses of a site. Chair Pelissier asked about the timeline for decision on this. Frank Clifton said that staff will bring back information to the Board of County Commissioners in September after the staff sits down with the staff from Carrboro to go over the results of this meeting. Commissioner Hemminger agreed that the building needs to stay visible. Commissioner McKee agreed. Lucinda Munger said that she was wrong about the alignment with Comprehensive Planning tools. This was Phase 3, item 1-b. The Aldermen suggested no change, but the staff is recommending that it be moved to Phase 1. Chair Pelissier clarified that Lucinda Munger is recommending moving two items to Phase 1 — Comprehensive Plan planning tools and lease versus purchase. The majority of the Board of County Commissioners agreed with these two things. On Phase 3, regarding partnerships, Carrboro suggested leaving the co-location open to public/private and staff suggested rewording to say, "co-location with other public or private entities." The Board agreed with this. The County Commissioners agreed to keep the language about having the building visible from the street.