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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 19 Commissioner Gordon asked if there was any thought that the County might cooperate if Chapel Hill were to locate a transfer station at Millhouse. Michael Talbert said that is possible, but he does not know how likely it is. He said this is still in the early planning stages and he doesn't know the time frame. Commissioner Gordon suggested that this should be flagged for consideration. Commissioner Dorosin referred to the Wi -Fi access and said he would be interested in more information on which of the listed scenarios would give more bang for our buck. He said the goal is to provide the broadest access possible and he asked if there is a way to evaluate where you would get the most use. Jim Northup said he did ask the planning department to provide information on the number of access points, and he can provide those numbers at a later date. Commissioner Dorosin said that would be helpful. Chair Jacobs suggested this could be added to a work session. He said he would like to see an analysis of where the service already exists, and where it would not be used. Commissioner Rich asked if Jim Northup knows the locations of wireless points around the County. Jim Northup said staff does not keep track of private Wi -Fi access. Chair Jacobs said two County Commissioners have brought up accelerating the provision for handicap access to buildings in the CIP. Chair Jacobs said there has been past discussion of a needs assessment for the Efland Community Center, and he would like to see this somewhere in the CIP. Paul Laughton said three Life Safety /ADA projects were added this year on page 37 of the CIP. Chair Jacobs said there was some discussion accelerating the provision of these improvements. He said there was no discussion of specific projects, but more of a general sense of urgency. Chair Jacobs said if the Board is moving forward with talking about the Southern Branch Library, there will need to be a more detailed presentation of alternatives. He said the grand design presented earlier was over budget and it would be useful to see some alternatives to allow the Board to decide on the higher priority issues. Chair Jacobs said there was a discussion of the bond, regarding whether some of the construction projects might be accelerated. He said Clarence Grier was encouraged to think about whether the first $100 million would be sufficient, and to see if there was more capacity within the debt to go above this. Commissioner McKee said he would like to see a survey done in the rural areas to see how many roll carts are actually going to be needed. Michael Talbert said that survey will be done before the roll carts are ordered. Commissioner McKee said there were some leakage and flooding issues today in one of the schools. He is not sure how much sense it makes to spend $750,000 on planning for future schools when there are major issues with the existing schools. Paul Laughton said everything he presented were scenarios, and nothing has been replaced. He welcomes direction from the Board. Chair Jacobs said the default proposal and direction is based on what the Board said in the discussions tonight. 5. Next Steps - Strategic Communications Plan Rod Visser thanked the Board of County Commissioners for their cooperation. He said there seems to be a lot of consensus on fleshing out a full blown strategic communications plan, and that the Commissioners see the importance of a role for the Board in the development and oversight of this plan.