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2 1 Chair Jacobs said it is up to RENA to get with their own attorney regarding what is being 2 proposed. He said this may require a meeting of the attorneys. 3 Commissioner Rich said she had questions about this item prior to the edits. She 4 questioned whether she should base her questions on the agenda item in the packet or on a 5 new agenda item later on. 6 John Roberts said he would recommend waiting until there is a new document, as there 7 are a significant number of changes. 8 Commissioner Rich asked how the Board will differentiate what was in the original 9 document and what was not. 10 John Roberts said he would suggest the Board start over fresh since this will virtually be 11 a new document. 12 Commissioner Price asked if this will have any effect on the opening date for the center. 13 Chair Jacobs said it is the goal of the Board of County Commissioners not to delay this, 14 but there are unanticipated issues. He said there may have to be new bidding and design 15 discussions, but the Board will move this forward as quickly as possible. He said the Board has 16 accountability to certain fiduciary responsibilities. 17 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 19 20 Chair Jacobs reviewed the following additional items at the Commissioners' places: 21 - Yellow sheet- Comparison for Item 7-a— "Employee Benefits and Recommendations for 22 Calendar Year 2014" 23 - Blue Sheet for Item 9- County Managers report regarding the Community Center 24 - Pink Sheet- List of recipients for Item 4a- "Orange County Arts Grant Recipients" 25 26 PUBLIC CHARGE 27 The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. 28 29 2. Public Comments 30 31 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 32 33 Don O'Leary said our founding fathers went out for five weeks of intense prayer before 34 writing the constitution, and our nation was founded on these values. He said ICLEI was 35 assembled by the UN to write Agenda 21 and these folks pray to Lucifer. He said Orange 36 County is involved with these people who want to remove property rights using the environment 37 as a tool. He asked the Board to reconsider their involvement with ICLEI. 38 Terry Rekeweg is a transportation engineer who has been involved in planning for 39 passenger rail service in the Triangle. He has proposed a revision to the Durham/Orange 40 County light rail project. He referred to a map showing the middle portion where changes would 41 be made. 42 He said this change would provide an estimated cost savings of$400 million and would 43 increase safety for vehicles and pedestrians. He said this change would also serve a larger 44 low income area. He said it would have a faster travel time, while eliminating 1 mile of bridges. 45 He said this route would provide a direct route to pedestrian greenways and the American 46 Tobacco Trail, while having less impact on natural areas. He said this route would eliminate the 47 taking of at least 70 private properties by sticking to existing transportation routes. He said he 48 feels this route would result in a gain of 2000 or more daily riders and would provide a direct 49 route from Chapel Hill to RTP.