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5 1 Commissioner Rich said the Board stated earlier that they were going to request an 2 extra ETJ position with the addition of Rogers Road into this area by Chapel Hill. She said the 3 Board does not want these residents to feel like they do not have representation. 4 Chair McKee said the Manager has made a note of this. 5 Donna Baker noted that Susan Poulton, from the Carrboro Planning Board, had 6 contacted the Commissioners to notify them that she would be unable to attend due to a 7 Carrboro Planning Board meeting. 8 9 Did not attend: 10 Chapel Hill Parks, Greenways and Recreation Commission - Mary Musacchia 11 Hillsborough Planning - John Bemis 12 Hillsborough Board of Adjustment - David Remington 13 Carrboro Northern Transition Area Advisory Committee — Noah Moore 14 Carrboro Planning Board — David Clinton and Susan Poulton 15 Chapel Hill Board of Adjustment— Dr. Timothy Peppers, Sr. and Jennifer Amster 16 Chapel Hill Parks, Greenways and Recreation Commission — Mary Musacchia 17 Hillsborough Board of Adjustment— Dustin Williams 18 Hillsborough Planning Board — Erin Eckert and Janie Morris 19 20 21 2. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions —Annual Work Plans/Reports 22 23 • ABC Board —This board will be making a presentation to the BOCC on April 7th 24 25 • Adult Care Community Advisory Board - Max Mason, Chair 26 Commissioner Pelissier referred to the list of concerns included in the annual report, 27 which listed the "Apparent limited experience and preparation of facility and home staff in 28 handling mental health issues of residents." She said a lot of people do not understand mental 29 health needs, and she asked if any of the mental health agencies have been approached to 30 provide training and assistance in this area. 31 Max Mason said this has not been done, but it can be looked into. He said there is quite 32 a mix of residents in these facilities, many with mental health concerns. 33 Commissioner McKee said the Board can provide him with contact information for these 34 agencies. 35 Commissioner Rich asked Max Mason if he can identify the largest concern of this 36 group. 37 Max Mason said from his perspective the biggest issue is insuring there is adequate 38 funding of these facilities. He said inadequate funding is reflected in the services residents 39 receive. He said there is a wide gap in the level of services that are offered within facilities. 40 Commissioner Rich asked if the Medicaid expansion will help. 41 Max Mason said he is not sure. 42 Department on Aging representatives in the audience indicated yes. 43 44 • Advisory Board on Aging - Heather Altman, Chair 45 Heather Altman said the advisory board's report did not include all of the compelling and 46 un-compelling statistics. She noted that N.C. is in the midst of a significant demographic 47 change as the state's 2.4 million baby boomers enter retirement age. She said for the first time 48 in the history of Orange County there are more older adults than there are children in the school 49 system. She said it is important to pay attention to these compelling statistics, as well as the 50 compelling stories of residents.