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MR 1 VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner Dorosin and Chair Jacobs); Nays, 5 (Commissioner Price, 2 Commissioner McKee, Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Pelissier, and Commissioner 3 Rich) 4 5 MOTION FAILED 6 7 Commissioner McKee noted that the ABC Board is closely watching what the County is 8 doing with health insurance because it will directly affect them, as this board is part of the 9 County insurance policy. 10 Commissioner Price re- iterated her comments about progress in the meetings on 11 Rogers Road. She said she has also had some conversations with teens in the community and 12 the director of the Rape Crisis Center. She feels there is a lot of work to do in the community 13 and schools to make sure that children are protected. She expressed her appreciation for the 14 Board members who have helped get here acclimated as a new Commissioner. 15 Commissioner Gordon reported on the meeting of the Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro 16 MPO Transportation Advisory Committee (DCHC MPO TAC). She said the group continues to 17 have concerns about the strategic mobility formula. She said the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro 18 MPO is revising their MOU, and this has been sent to the managers. She would like for this to 19 be distributed through various packets to all Board of County Commissioners. 20 Commissioner Gordon said she attended the Durham - Chapel Hill Orange Work group, 21 which included an update on the Orange and Durham Bus and Rail Investment plan. She said 22 that part of the budget process requires an environmental impact statement and the federal 23 government is only allowing 24 months for completion. She said the desire is to get started on 24 things to prepare for this in order to complete this in a timely manner. She said that the budget 25 will allocate $5 million to complete parts of the environmental impact process. 26 Commissioner Rich said the Rogers Road Community is excited about the new 27 community center and she wants to encourage that movement. 28 She said that she and Frank Clifton met with an ad hoc committee about the Visitors 29 Bureau moving to a new location. She said there are efforts being made to talk to other 30 counties with similar makeup and see where these counties stand on location. She noted that 31 visitors are down and it is unsure whether this is due to the economy or the improvement in 32 electronic availability. 33 Chair Jacobs noted the need for more parking area at the Visitors Bureau. 34 Chair Jacobs said he and Frank Clifton met with Mike Fenley, Representative from 35 Senator Burr's office, and reviewed the same issues as previously discussed with 36 Congressman Coble and Congressman Price- economic development, agriculture and program 37 cuts. He noted that all of the Board members are signed up to get newsletters from Senator 38 Burr. 39 Chair Jacobs heard today from DOT representatives that the legislature is cutting out all 40 DOT discretionary funding. He said this includes economic development projects currently 41 being done in Orange County. He said Mike Mills said funding would be found for this project. 42 Chair Jacobs said the Board will make sure that notices are sent out on the Northern 43 Human Services Center meetings. 44 Chair Jacobs noted the legislature's decision to eliminate the County share of the sales 45 tax on food and offering the opportunity to re- institute it independently as a County. He thanked 46 the Commissioners for their work. 47 48 13. Information Items 49 50 June 4, 2013 BOCC Meeting Follow -up Actions List