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He requested the Board's support of the commission's focus this year on disabled residents. Chair McKee thanked the commission for their many events. • Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee - Ed Flowers, Board Member and Charlotte Terwilliger (TJCOG) Ed Flowers gave the Board an update on the last two paragraphs of the report. He said the two nursing homes that did not want to come into compliance have now decided to become compliant. He referred to the last paragraph and he said there are no nursing homes with a memory unit. He said Chapel Hill Rehab is going through renovations, and he has been told that one of the top items on their agenda is to have a closeable, lockable unit in that facility. Ed Flowers said the increased insurance rates have made it difficult to be admitted to a facility if you are ambulatory and suffer from dementia. He said it has been the committee's policy to set an objective each year, and it looks like this year it will be dementia. He said all of their nursing homes are participating in a music program, and it has been a great approach to waking people up who have been on psychotic medication for years. Ed Flowers said Chapel Hill Rehab is showing a lot of promise, and they have recently hired a chaplain. • OUTBoard - Paul Guthrie, Chair/Craig Benedict Paul Guthrie thanked the Board of Commissioners for their recent appointments to the OUTBoard, and he said this is a good diverse group. He noted that the report is before the Commissioners. He said everyone is beginning to realize that transit is a big deal, and it will only get bigger. He said NCDOT has allotted construction for the Hillsborough Rail Station for 2018 in their draft plans. He said that station can be the key to a future integrated transportation system. Paul Guthrie said transportation takes long term, hard fought planning, and the Board of County Commissioners has shown that they want to take that step. He said there has been tremendous support from the staff of the Planning Department. Commissioner Burroughs recognized Paul Guthrie's longstanding service to Orange County. • Parks and Recreation Council - David Stancil, DEAPR Director David Stancil said he is standing in for Chair Neal Bench, and he said he is happy to answer any questions. There were no questions from the Board. Chair McKee asked him to relay the Commissioners' appreciation back to the Council for their volunteer work. • Planning Board - Pete Hallenbeck, Chair/Craig Benedict Pete Hallenbeck said the Commissioners receive the planning board's minutes, and they meet together four times a year. He reviewed a quick summary of the year. He said the solar farm project was interesting and has caused them to reexamine the whole notification process. Pete Hallenbeck said there were a lot of changes this year as a result of the state mandates. He said the board was very involved with the home occupation issue.