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2 <br /> 1 PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Chair McKee dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 2. Public Comments <br /> 6 <br /> 7 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 8 NONE <br /> 9 <br /> 10 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> 11 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> 12 below.) <br /> 13 <br /> 14 3. Petitions by Board Members <br /> 15 Commissioner Jacobs petitioned the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) to <br /> 16 receive a presentation on lake allocation but especially Jordan Lake allocations, as it pertains to <br /> 17 Raleigh and Wake County. <br /> 18 Commissioner Pelissier petitioned the creation of a work group of elected officials, with <br /> 19 two representatives from each of the elected bodies in Orange County, to discuss affordable <br /> 20 housing. <br /> 21 Commissioner Dorosin had no petitions. <br /> 22 Commissioner Burroughs asked the BOCC to consider moving consent items to the <br /> 23 beginning of the agenda so that department heads do not have to remain the duration of <br /> 24 meetings waiting to see if their consent item will be pulled or not. <br /> 25 Commissioner Price said there has been a serious issue in the Fairview neighborhood <br /> 26 on housing and asked if the County could address this issue. <br /> 27 Commissioner Price said Dr. Ponder recently resigned from the Durham Tech Board of <br /> 28 Trustees and this item should be brought forth soon to appoint someone else. <br /> 29 Donna Baker said there are currently 12 applicants from the last process and her office <br /> 30 is contacting each to see if they are still interested in being on the applicant interest list for this <br /> 31 Board. She said re-advertising is also possible. <br /> 32 Commissioner Dorosin said to re-open the advertising process. <br /> 33 Commissioner Price said she would like to use the list of existing applicants. <br /> 34 Commissioner Dorosin said he would like to open up the advertising again. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Rich to re- <br /> 37 open the advertisement process. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Commissioner Rich said she agreed with Commissioner Pelissier about a work group of <br /> 42 elected officials to discuss affordable housing. <br /> 43 Commissioner Rich petitioned the Board to recognize April as Sexual Assault <br /> 44 Awareness month. <br /> 45 Commissioner Rich asked if the Office of Public Transportation (OPT) could look at how <br /> 46 the 1,000 newly approved housing units in Hillsborough will affect transportation. <br /> 47 Commissioner Rich said there were no recycling bins at the early voting sites during this <br /> 48 primary. <br /> 49 Commissioner Rich said she would like to challenge the Arts Commission to come up <br /> 50 with a creative way to solicit applicants for grants. <br />