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18 1 Commissioner Jacobs de facto represented the Board at an event at the UNC LAUNCH 2 center. He said some of the program alumni were present, and it was amazing to see how 3 successful many of them have been. 4 Commissioner Pelissier said the Orange Durham Express has started service in 5 Mebane, and it now provides service all the way to Durham and Duke University. 6 Commissioner Pelissier she is attending an upcoming breakfast sponsored by the UNC 7 Institute for the Environment. She said the former mayor of Bogata will be speaking, and he is a 8 world renowned expert on sustainable transportation. 9 Commissioner Pelissier said Wake County is revising their transit plan, and the timeline 10 for a proposal is this summer. She said the Triangle Transit Special Tax Board met today and 11 there were several attendees from Wake County. 12 Commissioner Pelissier said the annual Mental Health Legislative Breakfast is January 13 24tH 14 Commissioner Dorosin said he attended an informational meeting in Efland, and many 15 residents were excited about the new circulator route, but they have had difficulty getting 16 information on the times and the route. He asked the planning department if there were any 17 handouts or information that could be provided. 18 Commissioner Dorosin said he attended a public hearing on the proposed new 19 economic development in Carrboro. He said a developer wants to move the art center building 20 in order to build a new hotel on the property. He said there are many changes proposed to this 21 property, and the Board needs to be monitoring the impacts. He said the development plan 22 seems as if it would require some support from the County. 23 Commissioner Rich said she supports the idea of having Board comments at the 24 beginning of the meeting. 25 Commissioner Rich said she volunteered for the first time with the Department of Social 26 Service's (DSS) Toy for Tots, and it is an awesome program. 27 She thanked David Stancil for the mini parks tour in northern Orange County this past 28 weekend. 29 Commissioner Rich said her various commissions met over the break. She said the 30 Durham Orange Chapel Hill work group met and discussed changing the path of the light rail. 31 She said Durham is also purchasing some land around where the light rail will be located, and 32 this is intended for affordable work force housing. 33 Commissioner Rich said the Home First calendar is out, and the retreat will be February 34 14th at the Carolina Inn. 35 Commissioner Rich said the Visitor's Bureau met yesterday, and numbers are on target. 36 She said a lot of large jobs are being completed, and occupancy numbers may go down as a 37 result. She said there were also a lively discussion about the proposed hotel in Carrboro, as 38 well as a discussion of"Airbnb." 39 Commissioner Rich said ParkontheHill.com is a new app for parking in Chapel Hill. 40 Commissioner Price said the Agri Summit will be on Feb 16th, and registration is 41 available on-line. 42 Chair McKee said he attended the MLK Banquet this past weekend, which was put on 43 by the NAACP, as well as another event at the Kenan Center. 44 Chair McKee said he spoke at the event in Hillsborough on voices of Martin Luther King 45 and others who have moved us forward on social justice issues. He said all citizens need to 46 step up to reiterate these voices from the past and bring new voices on how to move forward. 47 48 13. Information Items 49 • December 9, 2014 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List 50 • Tax Collector's Report— Numerical Analysis 51 • Tax Collector's Report— Measure of Enforced Collections