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(These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) 3. Petitions by Board Members Commissioner Pelissier said, now that the Board has approval from the Federal Transit Administration for project development of the light rail project, she would like to re-petition for Chair Jacobs to write a letter to the town of Chapel Hill requesting information about plans for affordable housing. She said this is one of the criteria for moving forward, as it is important to see what the plans are near and around the light rail. She said Chair Jacobs has done this previously, but she would like to re-initiate the letter, because the Board did not get a response from the Town of Chapel Hill. She said that perhaps a presentation could be requested at the next meeting with the town. Commissioner Rich said she wanted to recognize the fencing team at Chapel Hill High School for winning the state championships this year. She would like to have a resolution of recognition and have the team come to one of the proposed meeting dates on March 18th or April 15th Chair Jacobs noted that the Chapel Hill girls' basketball team is in the quarterfinals and is currently undefeated. He said there might be two teams to recognize. Commissioner Price said she would like to add on to Commissioner Pelissier's petition. She said she attended a NACo workshop to consider high opportunity areas for the light rail. She asked that low and high opportunity areas for economic development and jobs be considered as related to the light rail. Chair Jacobs suggested this be expanded to include bus service and light rail. Commissioner Dorosin arrived at 7:08. Commissioner Gordon read her petition as follows: "On March 27, 2014 the Board of Commissioners (BOCC) will have a joint meeting with the Town of Carrboro and Town of Chapel Hill. The first part of that meeting will be a public hearing on two different text amendments to the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement. Following the hearing, there will be a non-public hearing agenda for the meeting. My petition is that an agenda item for the non-public hearing part of the meeting should be the presentation of the proposed Agricultural Support Enterprises within the Rural Buffer. That would be good background for understanding why the Joint Planning Agreement and Land Use Plan are proposed to be changed. The agenda background material would be the 2030 Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments proposed to establish a zoning program referred to as Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE) with the Rural Buffer, along with any other material that would be necessary to understand the proposal." Chair Jacobs said he would like to petition for a presentation on the Board's social justice goal since many of the Commissioners are new. He said it is not referenced often for policy decisions, and it is important.