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17 1 Frank Clifton said the issue for the Board of County Commissioners is that there is 2 summer break and he asked if the board would want this task force to come back with a report 3 in September. 4 Commissioner Rich said; regarding bullet point one, could the towns also be asked to 5 approve, along with their appointments, the continuation of the task force. She said there is an 6 assumption that the towns want the task force continue but this should be confirmed. 7 Chair Jacobs said, assuming the towns approve this, it could be six months from the last 8 town endorsement and approval. 9 Commissioner Rich said Orange County should put a deadline date on it and not wait for 10 the towns. 11 Chair Jacobs pointed out that the board reconvenes on September 5th 12 Commissioner Price said she believes that the task force wanted this to end by 13 June. She said that since none of this is new, the Board should move forward and attempt to 14 have something done by June. 15 Chair Jacobs said June is full with budget items even though no one disputes her point. 16 Commissioner Price said the point was to have things done no later than June. 17 Commissioner Dorosin said that June puts it down to four months and he believes the 18 start should be when the task force meets again. He said that this needs to be meaningful and 19 four months will lead to ramming through recommendations without really engaging the 20 community. He said that the target should be 6 months from when the task force meets again. 21 Commissioner McKee expressed his agreement with Commissioner Dorosin and said 22 that the other boards will take some time to make appointments and then there will be a lag 23 before the group meets. He said that because this will not be addressed until at least 24 September 5th, he does not have a problem with asking for a report back by the second meeting 25 in September. He also suggested a 6 month timeframe from the date of either the last 26 appointment by the towns or the first meeting by the task force. 27 Frank Clifton said he did not want to create confusion and that he sees no reason to 28 have a report due July 1st if none of the bodies meet until September. He feels a September 29 deadline is good. 30 Commissioner Dorosin said that since the community center has been bifurcated from 31 the task force, that will proceed at pace. He said he is less concerned that giving a 6 month 32 time frame will keep things from proceeding. 33 Commissioner Price said she is fine as long as they do have a certain deadline date. 34 Chair Jacobs pointed out that the motion that was ratified was to continue the task force 35 for 6 months, but it has no definition of this timeline. He suggested that they clarify the timeline 36 by setting the expectation of a report at their September 17t meeting. 37 Michael Talbert said all of his points have been covered and it is unlikely the task force 38 will meet before mid-March and a September date is feasible. He said that it will take at least 4- 39 6 weeks to pull together a final report for approval from the task force, prior to the town and 40 county seeing it. 41 Chair Jacobs said that Commissioner Dorosin had made an observation about the 42 charge from January 24th meeting related to items 3-4 on the motion. 43 Commissioner Dorosin said that when he made the motion to consider options to 44 address gentrification, he intended on including Chapel Hill Small Area Plan (SAP) as all one 45 bullet item, considering future development in the area. 46 Chair Jacobs said he was not sure there was any substantive difference. 47 Commissioner Gordon said it should be left as is. She said she listened carefully to the 48 video of the meeting. When Chair Jacobs read the motion he used a lot of"ands", which 49 resulted in the clerk writing it as it stands, and Commissioner Gordon accepted what the clerk 50 wrote.