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woman was from England and said that the Chapel Hill Transit buses were very good and that the TTA buses led their riders to believe that they were scum because the service was so bad. He hopes that there is going to be a response. Commissioner Jacobs said that he and Commissioner Carey went to the grand opening at the Walnut Grove Church Raad Solid Waste Convenience Center yesterday, and it is an improvement from the one on NC 57. He said that the Highway 57 Task Force met last night and this group will be making recommendations for an upcoming public hearing regarding conforming and non-conforming business enterprises. Commissioner Jacobs said that next Tuesday night, May 22"d, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., the public is invited to participate in a meeting with the Library Consultant that was hired for the planning of the new Central Orange Library that will be located on W. Market Lane. The meeting is at the conference room in the present library on the 2"d floor. He asked about the rumor he heard about a grant. Laura Blackmon said that the County received a $500,000 grant for the Northern Human Services Center. Chair Carey invited Economic Development Director Dianne Reid to come down because this is her last meeting as an Orange County employee. He thanked her for all of the work she has done over the last 8 years. Dianne Reid thanked them all. Commissioner Nelson - no comments. Commissioner Foushee said that the Eno EDD Task Force met last night and they discussed how water and sewer might be brought to the area, transportation issues related to US 70/I-85, permitted uses far this area, and the desired businesses that the County would like to see came to this area. She said that all of the meetings have been very well attended; however there has not been a core group of citizens that have returned. The next meeting is the 18t" and there will be same small groups. Commissioner Foushee made reference to the First School and said that CHCCS has pulled back the support far moving forward with this project because the estimated capital cost for this facility is $30 million for an elementary school that will only seat just fewer than 300 students. The University has indicated that it is willing to put forward $7.5 million, leaving $22.5 million for the school system. CHCCS is hesitant to move forward at this time. Chair Carey said that he received a request for funding from the Orange County Day Care Coalition. There was also a request for the Board to consider two policy changes. One is related to involving employees of non-profit organizations in the County's health care plan. The other request is from the Chapel Hill Training Outreach Project for $200,000. Since this request, he thinks that they have received $100,000 from OPC and would only need $100,000 from Orange County. He said that last year Orange County allocated over $500,000 to agencies that were affiliated with OPC. 9. County Manager's Report Laura Blackmon said that the meeting an May 22"d regarding the library will have events all day. She listed these times. She said that a few months ago she received concerns about panhandling at the intersection of NC 86 and I-40. She understands that this area is under the jurisdiction of Chapel Hill. She asked if the Board was interested in staff pursuing some remedies to limit or eliminate this panhandling. Commissioner Gordon said that the Manager should address this and Chair Carey agreed. Laura Blackmon said that she would contact the Town of Chapel Hill about this. She said that she has been involved in Leadership Triangle for four months and her graduation is May 17th. This is a mandatory event. The Board of County Commissioners has a work session that evening. She has talked to Budget Director Donna Coffey about doing some