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3 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Thirdly, this is the best possible case that can be used to illustrate the adverse nationwide <br /> 3 impacts of Google's pressure on towns to rush: As Google continues with this process, soon <br /> 4 there will be a school bus maintenance yard somewhere that could ideally host a hub, but that <br /> 5 Google won't allow to be nominated because it is owned by a school district. That town will <br /> 6 instead nominate some parks, and then Google will choose the humblest park. So Google will <br /> 7 continue to pilfer from parks on the "other sides of the tracks". This was a poor decision <br /> 8 because it resulted from an opaque process, and it was opaque because of Google's <br /> 9 pressures. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 I request that you ask the national Google public relations office to explain Google's refusal to <br /> 12 pause this construction until a full and transparent discussion has taken place. We will also ask <br /> 13 the national Sierra Club and the Chapel Hill Town Council to pose this same question to <br /> 14 Google. We hope that this Board will join those other parties in asking Google to explain why it <br /> 15 can't be more thorough when making a long term decision of this importance. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 So we're not asking you to decide anything now, we're just asking to you to ask <br /> 18 Google's P.R. people to explain why Google is in such a hurry, and why they can't look at <br /> 19 OWASA now that OWASA has expressed interest <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Ashley DeSena said asked if there is an update regarding the Firearms Safety <br /> 22 Committee. <br /> 23 Chair McKee said appointments may possibly occur on May 17tH <br /> 24 <br /> 25 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> 26 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> 27 below.) <br /> 28 <br /> 29 2. Announcements and Petitions by Board Members <br /> 30 Commissioner Burroughs had no announcements or petitions. <br /> 31 Commissioner Price had no announcements or petitions. <br /> 32 Commissioner Dorosin petitioned for a conversation with the Sheriff about body <br /> 33 cameras and the pros and cons of using them. <br /> 34 Commissioner Jacobs said he would like to have a better understanding about the <br /> 35 Google issue and Carrboro's process in it and what the "expedited process" means. He would <br /> 36 also like to know what the Board of Orange County Commissioners (BOCC) can do. <br /> 37 Commissioner Jacobs said he made a petition last year to plant milkweed on County <br /> 38 open spaces for monarch butterflies and asked if there is an update on this petition. <br /> 39 Commissioner Rich had no announcements or petitions. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> 42 <br /> 43 a. Older Americans Month Proclamation <br /> 44 The Board considered approving a proclamation designating May 2016 as Older <br /> 45 Americans Month and authorizing the Chair to sign. <br /> 46 Outgoing Department on Aging Chair, Alex Castro, Jr., referred to the hand out at their <br /> 47 places about Project Engage upcoming activities. <br /> 48 Janice Tyler, Department on Aging Director, read the proclamation: <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />