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I system. She hopes this will increase the use of mediation as an excellent option for dispute <br />2 resolution. <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />3. Petitions by Board Members <br />Commissioner Gordon read the following petition to the Board: <br />The Town of Chapel Hill is in the process of developing plans for targeted areas of <br />town, including Ephesus Church /Fordham Boulevard area, Glen Lennox area, and Obey Creek. <br />These plans are all proposing significant numbers of new housing units, and some of them <br />include new approaches to land use planning and zoning, such as form -based zoning. They <br />also may use development agreements. Please provide the Commissioners with a report which <br />describes how the planning and zoning methods used for these developments work, and <br />whether and how they are different from the methods used currently by the Town. Also, please <br />describe whether and how the proposed developments (whatever planning and zoning methods <br />are used) will comply with the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) and how <br />many new housing units are being proposed in each of the targeted areas of town. <br />Commissioner Dorosin petitioned his fellow colleagues on the Board and noted that <br />one of their OWASA representatives' terms is ending in June. He said the current board is all <br />white, and he encouraged the Commissioners to try and find a pool of diverse candidates. <br />Chair Jacobs requested a report on the status of cable services and Time Warner <br />Cable in Orange County. <br />Chair Jacobs said he would like to see a Small Business Loan Pool Report. <br />Chair Jacobs said there have been some differences in outlook on the projected <br />population for Orange County when looking at the County's land use projections versus other <br />entities' projections. He would like staff to come up with a number. <br />4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br />a. Presentation by Phillips Middle School Trash Terminators 2.0 and <br />Recognition Resolution <br />The Board received a presentation by the Phillips Middle School Trash Terminators 2.0 <br />on recycling and composting initiatives and considered a resolution recognizing the Trash <br />Terminators for their accomplishments and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br />Commissioner Rich introduced Trash Terminators 2.0 and said the group has recently <br />made several presentations to other governmental entities. <br />The group presented the following PowerPoint presentation: <br />Presentation to Orange County Commissioners <br />by Trash Terminators 2.0 <br />• This was Trash Terminators 1.0 <br />• Rohan Deshpande, Helen Jiang, Joshua Zhou <br />• Won "Siemen's We Can Change the World" National Challenge <br />