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23 1 of bicycle projects, and a schedule was received. She said this will come back on November 2 19th. 3 She said the DCHC MPO always expresses concern about how this process is moving 4 forward. She referenced a letter being sent to the Board of Transportation to highlight two 5 issues. She said the issues are: 1) How many input points the MPOs and RPOs are given to 6 allocate, and 2) the so called normalization of monies for highway and non-highway. 7 Commissioner Dorosin said today he was representing clients in the latest hearing 8 regarding the future viability of the NC Pre-K program. He said a compelling argument was 9 made in favor of the program, but the state continues to argue their authority to narrow this 10 program. He said the decision will be in a couple of months, and he is cautiously optimistic. 11 He said he has been working with Commissioner Price on the County Fair exploratory 12 committee. He said there will be a meeting on October 30th at 7pm at the Solid Waste 13 Administrative Office to receive public input and gauge interest. This will be presented to the 14 Board at the work session on the 12th of November. 15 Commissioner Pelissier recognized school board members who volunteered at Project 16 Connect. She also said she had talked to an attendee who lived at a mobile home park that is 17 closing. She noted that housing was a major concern. She said there needs to be a discussion 18 about mobile home parks. 19 She said Triangle Transit Authority released their annual performance report, and 20 ridership was up 11 percent overall. She said will be attending a Triangle Transit conference in 21 Seattle this weekend and she hopes to learn a lot of things. She said she is happy to copy the 22 Board on her report. 23 She said TTA had a petition from the Town of Carrboro at Triangle Transit to use the 1/4 24 cent sales tax to build sidewalks, especially for access to the transit stops. She said this will 25 require further discussion. 26 Commissioner Pelissier said she went to her first meeting of the Orange County 27 Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. She said other counties have an annual report about the 28 work of the council. She said there was informal discussion of creating a report in Orange 29 County. 30 Commissioner Price said she attended the NCACC conference today on the Affordable 31 Care Act. She invited the Commissioners to look at the information on the website. She noted 32 the next meeting scheduled for October 28th in Burlington. 33 Chair Jacobs said he and Commissioner Pelissier met with their recently appointed 34 representative to the Chapel Hill Library Board of Trustees, Mr. Stroud. He said efforts were 35 made to get him up to date on the County's areas of concern. He said it reminded him of the 36 need to put together a group to plan the upcoming retreat and to gather reports from 37 representatives of Orange County that serve on other governmental boards. 38 He referred to the discussion of 4 to10 percent funding for non-highway projects. He 39 said this means the number will be 4 percent. He said this fits into the discussion of bus rapid 40 transit in Wake County. He said, without significant state funding in the foreseeable future for 41 light rail, there will be some interesting discussions at Triangle Transit. He said this will likely 42 filter back to the Board regarding the future of public transportation planning. 43 44 13. Information Items 45 e October 1, 2013 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List 46 e Tax Collector's Report— Numerical Analysis 47 e Tax Collector's Report— Measure of Enforced Collections 48 e Walnut Grove Church Road Convenience Center Update 49 50 14. Closed Session -NONE