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25 1 2 f. Human Relations Commission —Appointments 3 The Board considered making appointments to the Human Relations Commission. 4 5 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to 6 appoint Ms. Natalie Wu to an At-Large position for a first full term ending 9/30/2015 and Mr. 7 Marc Xavier to an At- Large position for a first partial term with an ending date of 9/30/2014 on 8 the Human Relations Commission. 9 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 11 12 A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to appoint Jamie Paulen 13 to position # 17- At- Large with an expiration date of 6/30/2014. 14 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 16 17 g_ Jury Commission —Appointment 18 The Board considered making an appointment to the Jury Commission. 19 20 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner McKee to 21 appoint Bob Hall to the Jury Commission. 22 23 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 24 25 12. Board Comments 26 27 Commissioner Pelissier said she and Commissioner Price attended the NCACC Public 28 Safety and Justice Steering Committee meeting on May 8 and had an overview of the statewide 29 VIPER system, which is only 88% complete. She said one challenge is financing for 30 maintenance. She said there was also discussion of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which is 31 implemented at the federal levels and is now coming down to the local levels. She said it is 32 important for Orange County to implement this, because the County houses many federal 33 inmates. She has asked the attorney to look into who is ultimately responsible. 34 She also attended the environmental committee recently, where she heard about a bill 35 related to the reports for Solid Waste. She said there was an update on fracking and she 36 offered to discuss this further with anyone who is interested. 37 Commissioner Gordon reported on the Transportation Advisory Committee meeting of 38 the DCHC MPO. She said one major topic of discussion was the Strategic Mobility Formula. 39 She sent an email to the Board with the letter drafted by the MPO which covered the major 40 points of concern to the MPO. The formula sets priorities for funding transportation projects 41 and she said it does not look good for local projects. 42 She said the other important item was the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). She 43 said the staff has advised that the MOU be revised. One of these revisions is to include 44 Triangle Transit in the membership, which will involve several changes. She said she has 45 suggested that, given the population of Orange County, there should be one more member on 46 the TCC. 47 She said the Unified Planning Work Program has been approved for 2013, but there is a 48 request for counties to pay money for planning. 49 She said the 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Air Quality Conformity 50 Determination Report was adopted.