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