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9 1 Commissioner Gordon said one way to fix it is to make it specific that the quorum is 6 2 people and those 6 people need to represent the weighted vote. 3 Commissioner Price said her concern is the representation. She said she would like to 4 see some language indicating the need to have more than two governments present. 5 Commissioner Rich asked if each of the boards is voting on the same language. 6 Bret Martin said yes. 7 Commissioner Rich asked if any of the other boards have voted on this yet. 8 Bret Martin said the Town of Hillsborough has approved it, and Chatham County has 9 denied it. 10 Commissioner Rich asked if this language will have to go back to all of the other boards 11 if it is changed. 12 Bret Martin said yes. He said there is a moderate chance that this will have to go back 13 anyway, after the other governing bodies review it. 14 Chair Jacobs suggested the delegates bring it back to their MPO meeting and share the 15 Board of County Commissioners' concerns. He suggested the delegates recommend changes 16 to go back to all of the other boards again for review and approval. 17 Commissioner Gordon said she talked with Ellen Beckmen, a member of MPO staff, 18 today. She said this item is out for discussion, and Chatham County has denied it. She 19 suggested that the wording she specified above should be added. 20 Commissioner Gordon also reviewed the technical items outlined in the memo below: 21 22 6-i - DCHC MPO Revisions to MOU 23 24 There are minor edits that I would suggest for clarity. What would be the best way to handle 25 these edits, if the BOCC chose to incorporate them? I will refer to Attachment 5, since this is 26 the draft with line numbers. 27 28 Page 1 of MOU (p. 31 of the BOCC agenda) - Line 42 29 Spell out TIP so that the line reads: 30 ...and Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs). It is customary to spell out the full name 31 before using an abbreviation. 32 33 Page 2 of MOU (p. 32 of agenda) - Line 17 34 Spell out MPO so that it reads: 35 Each Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)... 36 37 Page 3 of MOU (p. 33 of agenda) - Line 39 38 Add "policy" before "boards" so that it reads: 39 ...include the policy boards of general purpose local government... 40 The reason for this change is to clarify the reference to "policy boards" in paragraph 9 of the 41 MOU (Line 32 on p. 4 of the MOU and p. 34 of the agenda.) 42 43 She said if it is the pleasure of the Board not to pass this, then these changes would be 44 brought to the future discussions of the concerns. She said if the Board wants to approve the 45 agreement with the suggestion that these revisions be handled as technical changes, then that 46 path can be taken. 47 48 Commissioner Pelissier asked if a motion could be made to show intent to support this, 49 but noting that clarifications and modifications are needed.