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This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate <br /> consideration. <br /> _q. Impact Fee Reimbursement Agreement <br /> This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate <br /> consideration. <br /> r. HOME Program —Second Mortgage Assistance <br /> The Board approved and authorized the Chair to sign a development agreement with <br /> Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Inc. on behalf of the Orange County HOME Consortium to <br /> provide second mortgage assistance for one low-income family. <br /> S. Boards/Commissions/Task Forces to be Dissolved <br /> This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate <br /> consideration. <br /> VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br /> ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA <br /> f. Cedar Ridge High School Capital Proiect Ordinance <br /> The Board considered a request from the Orange County School Board to increase fire- <br /> fighting capacity near Cedar Ridge High School. <br /> Commissioner Gordon asked if this solution would be adequate for the fire-fighting <br /> capacity. <br /> Chair Halkiotis said that if the waterline should break that runs under)-40, which has <br /> broken several times,there would be some serious complications for the school. All now high schools <br /> built in North Carolina must have sprinkler systems in the auditorium stage area and the ancillary <br /> dressing rooms. There is one fire hydrant currently serving Grady Brown Elementary School that is <br /> putting out about 830 gallons per minute,which is 30 gallons more than the state minimum. With the <br /> new high school and a future government building on that other piece of land, it would be foolish not <br /> to provide an enhancement to the fire-fighting capacity. This proposal would bring a line under Grady <br /> Brown Road and site a hydrant at the top of the property line and would interconnect with the five <br /> existing hydrants on the Cedar Ridge site, add another hydrant to the Grady Brown site, and overall <br /> enhance the entire fire-fighting opportunity. The upgrade is adequate. He said that an effort was <br /> made over a series of months to work with the Town of Hillsborough to do something jointly, and they <br /> were not interested in pursuing anything heading across 1-40 on Orange Grove Road. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon-, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the request from the Orange County School Board to increase fire-fighting capacity near <br /> Cedar Ridge High School at an estimated cost of$350,000. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> .q. Contract Renewal with People's Channel <br /> The Board considered renewing a contract with People's Channel to videotape and <br /> broadcast County Commissioners' meetings for fiscal year 2001-2002. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked if we ever got a response back from Time Warner to our <br /> request for them to live up to the contract which had previously been in effect before they took over <br /> the system that assured us that we would be provided service in this manner. John Link said that <br /> there was recently a meeting involving the leadership of the Cable Advisory Committee and Time <br /> Warner discounted the old franchise,feeling that they could legally discount it if and when it went to <br /> _­.4 U_ --;A+k-4-+k;- i­­ -1h,-k­4...L,-++k- -k+-;- 1- ­4 <br />