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Commissioner Nelson said that it is important for department heads to live in the community and to learn the community. He said that he has seen the salary ranges the department heads make and he finds it hard to believe that people that make this much money cannot afford to live here. Commissioner Foushee said that she is not inclined to support this item because it limits the County's ability to hire the best people. Commissioner Gordon said that there could be a preference stated, but she would like for anyone currently employed to be grandfathered in. Chair Carey said that he prefers that future department heads live in Orange County. He would not want to apply this to current employees. He does not feel compelled to have a policy, but having a preference is strong enough. Commissioner Jacobs said that the County Commissioners all agree that there should be a strong preference that department heads should live in Orange County and that it would not apply to existing employees. He would like to direct the Manager to investigate this further over the summer and to look at same positions that ought to be residents of Orange County and to look at ways to provide incentives. The Board agreed. 7. Reports a. Historic Rogers Road Community Enhancement and Monitoring Task Force - Interim Report The Board received an update on the Historic Rogers Road Community Enhancement and Monitoring Task Force activities to date. Chair Carey said that there was a meeting of this task force last night. He referred to the handout. Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson said that the County Commissioners on May 24t" created the Historic Rogers Road Community Enhancement Plan Development and Monitoring Task Force. The task force met on June 6t" and June 11t". On June 19t", the neighbors requested a meeting to talk amongst themselves. On June 25t", there was a community forum and about 35-40 people were present. The task force has had good participation and has been identifying neighborhood enhancement issues. He said that the aggressive timeline adopted in April by the Board will be difficult to meet and the task force might suggest a new timeline. The meeting in July will include discussion of the geographic designation of the Historic Rogers Road community. Chair Carey said that it is certain that the task force will not meet the September 1St deadline. He said that the discussion has been vigorous and the neighbors have a desire to understand the implications of some of the wish list recommendations they are likely to make. Commissioner Foushee echoed Chair Corey's comments. She said that she wants this done right. Commissioner Jacobs asked for information related to item #26 on the handout, which states, "Stop dividing us as a community!" He asked that the Joint Planning Map be shared with the community that shows where the Carrboro and Chapel Hill jurisdictional lines were drawn and what year that was done. He said that there is a sense that the County is currently dividing the neighborhood, and he thinks that this was done 20 years ago. Commissioner Foushee said that it goes beyond the Chapel Hill/Carrboro situation. She said that last night the task farce talked about what the geographical map should look like, and people talked about the entire Rogers Road community and how it extends well beyond Millhouse Road, and somehow part of it was dropped. The community feels that the governmental bodies separated them before there was a real line of demarcation. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like a written account to these people about how the County got to this point and the process in siting the transfer station.