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43 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner McKee to 2 appoint Chair Jacobs to the Solid Waste Advisory Group. 3 4 Chair Jacobs noted that he will serve in this role, but he is not happy about the way this 5 board has been constituted, and he will try to change this. 6 Donna Baker asked if the Public Service Announcement that is prepared to go out for 7 residents should be held until the end of summer. 8 Chair Jacobs said yes. 9 10 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 11 12 The Board decided not to appoint a Chair to the SWAG at this time. 13 14 12. Board Comments 15 Commissioner Price said she would like to encourage the schools to provide healthier 16 meals to students. She has heard a lot of comments from parents complaining about some of 17 the food that is provided in the schools. She would like to find a way to encourage better 18 nutrition education and work with vendors to provide better meals in the schools. 19 Chair Jacobs said this is a difficult issue, but it can be brought up at the next school 20 collaboration meeting. 21 Commissioner Gordon said the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning 22 Organization (MPO) is prioritizing transportation projects for funding in years 2016-2025. She 23 said this prioritization included the input points used to score the transportation projects. She 24 said the Board is encouraging all citizens to review the draft MPO point assignment and provide 25 feedback. She said this information can be accessed at www.dchcmpo.orq. She said there will 26 be a public hearing on June 25 to provide feedback. 27 Commissioner Gordon said the Board had received information regarding state budget 28 reductions affecting Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools and Orange County Schools. She wants 29 to make sure it is clear that both school systems sustained reductions that were carried over 30 from 2012-2013 to 2013-2014. She said the 2013-2014 total discretionary reduction was 31 $3,096,139, which means the grand total of state reductions for that year was $3,742,918. She 32 said Orange County Schools had $3,823,691. 33 Commissioner Pelissier referred to Commissioner Gordon's comments about public 34 input on the prioritization of transit projects. She said the assigning of points is very 35 complicated, and the most important thing for the public to do is to give input regarding which 36 are the most important projects. 37 Commissioner McKee thanked Michael Talbert for helping them through this past year 38 and wished him an enjoyable retirement. 39 Commissioner Rich said at the Durham/Chapel Hill/Orange Work Group they learned 40 about an additional cost for water and sewer. She asked Craig Benedict to inform the Board of 41 County Commissioners about this increase. 42 Craig Benedict said he would send out an email. He said this related to the program for 43 the Eno Economic Development District. 44 Commissioner Dorosin said there was a guest editorial in Sunday's Chapel Hill News 45 about Chapel Hill's public housing policy, which is the most restrictive public housing policy in 46 the state. He said the policy bars admission to public housing in Chapel Hill for anyone with a 47 record of illegal drug activity for 15 years, and anyone with a criminal record involving physical 48 violence for 10 years. He said this is more than double almost every other public housing 49 authority. He said the Chapel Hill policy also doesn't distinguish between felonies and 50 misdemeanors. He said over 130 low income people have been denied access since 2010,