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Chair Pelissier also attended the NCACC conference and attended a joint meeting of the environmental steering committee and agricultural. They had a presentation on water and resilient communities and she learned that western states have a lot of water laws; we do not. The presenter suggested in the future there is going to be a debate on riparian water laws. Another interesting thing noted in the presentation was that many communities do not charge the actual cost of water but charge a lot less. This is why there are a lot of infrastructure problems although not the case in this community. Chair Pelissier said Orange County was selected to present its Master Aging Plan (MAP). They had Janice Tyler, Director of the Department on Aging as well as Heather Altman, Chair of the Advisory Board on Aging. Chair Pelissier was a moderator. She said this was an honor that shows Orange County did a stupendous MAP. She also asked people there how many of them were aware that there was a master aging plan in their county and most of them were not. This was a consciousness raising and went along with some of the major sessions where there were discussions of major demographic changes happening nationwide, one of them being what's called Silver Tsunami. Both she and Commissioner Foushee went to a session on economic development and the presenter said it's not about quality of life, it's about quality of place. There were a number of ideas thrown around about changing perspective about how to look at economic development. 13. Information Items • June 19, 2012 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List 14. Closed Session 15. Adiournment A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger, to adjourn the meeting at 9:45 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Bernadette Pelissier, Chair Donna Baker, CMC Clerk to the Board