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VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair Jacobs, Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Pelissier, Commissioner Rich, Commissioner McKee); Nays, 2 (Commissioner porosin, Commissioner Price) A motion was made by Commissioner porosin seconded by Commissioner Price to appoint Kim Paracci to position# 9 ( At-Large) with and ending term of 3/31/2017. Motion failed — no vote taken with previous vote taking precedence. 12. Board Comments Commissioner Pelissier said the Jail Alternatives Report probably will not be available to the board before the break. She said the report is still incomplete and needs more comment and discussion. She noted that this does not affect the planning for the new jail. Commissioner Price said she attended the Ladies of Excellence program at Stanford, which was spearheaded by the 4-H club. She wanted to highlight that there are some great young people in the County. Commissioner McKee said the gross income requirement for farm use valuation is proposed to be increased from $1,000 to $10,000. He said this is scheduled to be voted on tomorrow, and it is unlikely that there are enough votes to defeat it. He said this will have an impact on a lot of the smaller farmers in North Carolina, especially those who are trying to get started. Commissioner porosin — none Commissioner Rich thanked the staff for arranging for the groundbreaking for the Rogers Road Community Center. She said there was also a groundbreaking for the new Inter Faith Council (IFC) community home. She said it is nice to see them moving forward with some of these community homes. Commissioner Gordon said, in connection with the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), the state has now released the prioritization 3.0 scoring. She said these are the scores that will be the underpinning of the prioritization of the state transportation projects. Commissioner Gordon said the public hearing on the SUP for the Southern Human Services Center Campus with the Town of Chapel Hill was an interesting experience. She feels it was well received and she hopes the town will act favorably on June 23. Chair Jacobs said the Burlington Graham MPO is another planning organization that involves Orange County, and he just attended their meeting and received a sheet on the prioritization 3.0. He said there was a DOT luncheon meeting yesterday and Sheryl McQuery was there. He said there was discussion about how the I-40 project might be funded if it was done in phases or segments as opposed to one big $70 million project. He said there will be a report from staff to get the Board up to speed on all of the projects. He said there was a meeting last week with another waste disposal group called Greenwave. He said this was an entity that is trying to get started doing plasma torch destruction of solid waste. He said staff was going to pursue whether this idea was feasible and cost effective. He said this is just part of trying to get ideas on the table. Chair Jacobs said there was a meeting last night at Cedar Grove to discuss the bus plan expansion for central and northern Orange County. He said there are 4 of these meetings listed on the website. He said there were two dozen people there. He congratulated all of the people who won election in the democratic primary. He expressed gratitude for the support of staff and the public and said it is a privilege to serve the citizens of Orange County.