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A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner McKee to appoint Andrea Rohrbacher as the Planning Board representative to the Orange Unified Transportation Board, for a first term, expiring on 9/30/14. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 12. Board Comments Commissioner Price said she can't see the screen above her head and asked to look into other options. Commissioner Dorosin asked, regarding the report about tax collector's enforced collections, if the listed properties had been foreclosed on and if the county had recouped its tax liability. Dwane Brinson said there had been one sale and the others are in the process. Commissioner Dorosin asked to be kept informed of these sales and process. Commissioner Gordon said the Durham/Chapel Hill/Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) had a meeting and the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan is moving forward and must be finished by the middle of June. Commissioner Gordon attended the Durham/Chapel Hill/Orange Work group and the Orange County Bus and Rail Plan was discussed. She noted that the development cost of the Durham/Orange Light Rail Project was estimated at $35 million with an expected completion date of December 2015. Commissioner Gordon referenced the sheets she requested regarding item 5-d (SAPFO) and expressed her hope that the Commissioners would read them. She stressed that they are a critical part of the report. Commissioner Gordon reported that a public notice had been approved to have a public hearing regarding the fire districts on April 17th at 7pm at Carrboro High School. She said it would be helpful for the Board of County Commissioners to get a copy of the notices sent to the residents. Commissioner McKee had no comments. Commissioner Rich had no comments. Commissioner Pelissier said last Friday she went to a community conversation on affordable housing and transit oriented development in Durham. She said there were many interesting presentations for a variety of sources looking at issues of gentrification in the Durham corridor and discussing ten different indicators. She said there were discussions regarding the need to expand affordability discussions to include not just housing affordability, but also transportation affordability; and a total of no more than 45% of income should be spent on the combination of these two items. She said a key point was that there needs to be a plan for housing that starts now. 13. Information Items • March 7, 2012 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List • Tax Collector's Report— Numerical Analysis • Tax Collector's Report— Measures of Enforced Collections • BOCC Chair Letter to Don O'Leary Regarding ICLEI Discussion • BOCC Chair Letter to Steve Dear Regarding Resolution in Support of the Repeal of the Death Penalty