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Chad Johnston Bill Nichols ^ Time Warner Cable: Brad Phillips Cindy Ray Keene 8. Board Comments Commissioner Foushee -none. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the lottery letter that he had requested and Chair Carey said that he was waiting on staff to draft the letter. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board referred to the Board of Health the initiative to embrace health as a basic human right months ago. He has not seen this come back. He asked Chair Carey to get that out to the Board of Health so that the Board can act on it. Chair Carey said that he would follow up on this. Commissioner Jacobs congratulated Chapel Hill for building ahalf-mile of sidewalk from the Operations Center to Eubanks Road. Commissioner Jacobs said that he attended the first meeting of the group doing the feasibility study for the value-added agricultural center. Commissioner Jacobs said that the County Commissioners did not talk during the budget process about the Sportsplex, but there have been regular meetings with the citizen group. The Sportsplex now has 2,000 members and there is a projected 15% increase in revenues. There was discussion about tracking non-County users of the building, especially groups or teams to see if they should pay a differential rate. The building is getting very crowded. He said that the Sportsplex will be closed from 10 days to two weeks starting August 25t" The last event is the dog swim and the pool will be drained. Cammissioner Nelsan -Wane. Commissioner Gordon said that Commissioner Jacobs had asked about a rider an TTA who had some problems with service. Executive Director TTA David King has met with Commissioner Jacobs and has written a letter to the editor of the same paper that had the column with the rider's concerns. David King feels like what happened on the day the person rode was that there was a bomb threat, so it took TTA until nearly 11:00 before all buses were back in service. She said that Mr. King acknowledges that this was an inconvenience. Commissioner Gordon said that TTA opened the regional call center where people can call and get information about transit routes, etc. There has been a 12°~ increase in regional bus riders during 2006, compared to the national average of 3%. There has been a 16°l0 increase in vanpool ridership. Commissioner Gordon said that the group that is working on A Fresh Look at Transit has had three out of the nine meetings. There should be a vision for transit in the Triangle by the end of this year. Commissioner Gordon made reference to information about the Town of Chapel Hill's agenda items tomorrow. The public hearing was held open for the County Commissioners' comments about the Chapel Hill Planning Board position. Laura Blackmon said that the memo said that the County is required to have at least one person on the Chapel Hill Planning Board representing the ETJ. Commissioner Gordon said that on May 3rd the appointment was on the BOCC agenda, but it was deferred because there were some questions. On May 7t", Chapel Hill gave