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Commissioner Gordon said the CHCCS sent out a memo on April 22nd to request $750,000 to start working on planning for renovation projects, in advance of the possible bond referendum. She said if this works out, it could delay building a new school. She would like to see a scenario to show how this could be incorporated. Commissioner Gordon said she would like to know what it would cost to allow people to access one agenda item at a time instead of downloading the entire agenda packet. Commissioner Gordon asked if roll carts have been purchased for rural areas. Michael Talbert said these have not been purchased, and they are in the proposed budget. He said these have been scaled down to 7000 roll carts instead of 13,000. Commissioner Gordon said the Eubanks Road Center is included in the Solid Waste Convenience Center (SWCC) cost, and she asked if this is capital cost or operating cost. Michael Talbert said it would be both. He said the renovation costs have gone up to $2.2 million and the debt service would be factored into the operating cost. Commissioner Gordon said if the County is talking with their partners about all of the solid waste issues, she wonders if they should they hold back on committing to renovations to the Eubanks SWCC until these conversations are done. Michael Talbert said the manager's recommendation is to go ahead and move forward. He said the improvements at Walnut Grove have made it much more popular and efficient. He said the Eubanks Road facility is small and outdated, and the closing of the landfill has made it necessary to fill this gap. 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 porosin 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 porosin 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.