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29 <br /> 1 11. Appointments <br /> 2 <br /> 3 a. Chapel Hill/Oranqe County Visitor's Bureau —Appointment <br /> 4 The Board considered making an appointment to the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors <br /> 5 Bureau. <br /> 6 A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner <br /> 7 Foushee to appoint Jack Schmidt to the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau to serve a <br /> 8 partial term ending December 31, 2012 and representing the Orange County Lodging <br /> 9 Association. <br /> 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 11 <br /> 12 12. Board Comments <br /> 13 Commissioner McKee said that South Orange Rescue Squad provides a lot of <br /> 14 assistance for UNC football games. He said that there are a lot of other people that help with <br /> 15 the Emergency Services Department. <br /> 16 Commissioner McKee said that Eno Fire Department will be dedicating Station #2 this <br /> 17 Saturday at 9:00 a.m. There will also be a lunch fundraiser. Efland Fire Department will be <br /> 18 having a supper fundraiser on the same day. <br /> 19 Commissioner Jacobs said that he attended the open house for the Southern Human <br /> 20 Services Center Master Plan. He said that Chapel Hill is in the process of doing a small area <br /> 21 plan for Estes Road/MLK Boulevard area. <br /> 22 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the problem that staff addressed at the <br /> 23 Eurosport Soccer Complex. He appreciated that staff was aggressive in coming up with <br /> 24 solutions. He said that when this was first sited in this area, it was intended to be used as a <br /> 25 jump start for economic development. The person that wrote in to complain about some of the <br /> 26 conditions there pointed out that this complex was drawing 7,000 people on the weekend and <br /> 27 that this was an economic development opportunity and the County should take advantage of it. <br /> 28 It was an indirect compliment to the County Commissioners' thinking ten years ago. <br /> 29 Commissioner Jacobs said that the Hillsborough Arts Council is hosting a jazz festival <br /> 30 on September 15th at Moorefields from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Also, the Eno Farmers Market <br /> 31 is hosting a Harvest Dinner on September 15th at 6:00. <br /> 32 Commissioner Hemminger said that she had a tour of the jail today and she <br /> 33 complimented the staff at the jail, which is a very small space. <br /> 34 Commissioner Gordon — none <br /> 35 Commissioner Yuhasz— none <br /> 36 Commissioner Foushee —none <br /> 37 Chair Pelissier said that the Bus-on-Shoulder system started in July and at the last TTA <br /> 38 meeting it was discussed that this is used on a daily basis and there have not been any <br /> 39 problems. She highlighted that for the last 18 of the 19 months, ridership with TTA has <br /> 40 consistently increased by 15-18%. <br /> 41 Chair Pelissier said that she is getting involved in NC Tomorrow, which is a statewide <br /> 42 effort. The goal of this project is to identify the places in the region for a comprehensive unified <br /> 43 economic development plan. There were 15 focus groups this summer where people identified <br /> 44 statewide goals. The report will be done by the end of the year. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 13. Information Items <br /> 47 <br /> 48 • August 21, 2012 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List <br /> 49 <br /> 50 14. Closed Session <br />