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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 11 Commissioner McKee said he hopes that the Board would re- invite OCS to use this Wh itted facility. Commissioner Pelissier said she has stepped down from the alternate position with the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), since she also serves with Triangle Transit. She said someone else needs to be appointed to the MPO before Commissioner Gordon retires. Commissioner Pelissier said the Orange- Durham express route, which started on August 18th, already has an average of 25 riders per day. She also said the new Sunday service in Chapel Hill had 573 riders. Commissioner Pelissier said the final draft environmental statement for the light rail will be issued next spring for public comment, but there will also be several public sessions this fall. She said one of these will be in Orange County on Tuesday, Nov. 18th at the Friday Center. Commissioner Pelissier attended the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) conference. She said she attended a great agricultural session, as well as a crisis communication session too. Commissioner Pelissier said she attended an Artforce conference in Greensboro today, which focuses on arts and agriculture to power economic development in rural areas. She said there were some good ideas that came from that conference regarding the role of counties in supporting arts and agriculture. Commissioner Gordon said the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHCMPO) has renamed its policy board the MPO Board. She said there will be a meeting on September 10t ", and she will give an update after that. Commissioner Gordon said the strategic communications work group has been meeting over the summer. She said she and Commissioner Rich are serving on this and will have an update at the September 11th work session. She said they would like the Board of County Commissioners' opinion to make sure this is going in the right direction. Chair Jacobs said the issue of an alternate voting Commissioner for the MPO will be discussed at the agenda review meeting. Chair Jacobs referred to Commissioner McKee's comment about re- inviting OCS to use the Whitted facility. He said this can be discussed at their joint meeting on September 30th Chair Jacobs referred to Commissioner Dorosin's comments about the increased ABC sales. He noted the Compass Center's report that domestic violence is going up, and he said alcohol is a key factor in this. He suggested staff gather more information about documented incidents related to alcohol use, and said money could be targeted to services to address this. Chair Jacobs said Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG) has met once and will meet four more times by the end of October. He said the group had had full attendance so far and hopes to move expeditiously. Chair Jacobs said he and the manager met with Chancellor Folt a couple of months ago and discussed areas of mutual interest, including the SWAG. He said SWAG formally voted to add two UNC representatives to the group, and the chancellor received a letter to that effect. He said he also toured the new hospital in Hillsborough, which has 67 beds, free parking, close proximity to the interstate, and operating rooms that are twice as large as the ones in Chapel Hill. He said this facility will be a tremendous health care improvement for people living in this part of the County, and it is scheduled to open in December. Chair Jacobs said staff is working on providing a tour of the County to the Chancellor sometime in the upcoming months.