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7 o Creating a public web page listing all conservation easements in the 1 County. This searchable site should contain a copy of the warranty deed, 2 inspection reports, violation citation, maps, and all official forms of 3 communication with the property owner. 4 Nan Fulcher read a petition requesting the repeal of the resolution designating 5 section of highway as part of the “Jefferson Davis National Highway” in Orange County. 6 She asked if the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) would consider this request 7 prior to its summer break. 8 Commissioner Jacobs said petitions are referred to agenda review with the Chair, 9 Vice-Chair, Manager, and Clerk to determine the process for consideration. 10 Terri Buckner said she is here to speak on behalf of the Orange County branch of 11 the Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail (MST). She reviewed a petition that the Friends 12 of the MST presented to the Board on May 6. She said an email was sent by staff with 13 some updates, and said tonight she is asking if more action could occur. She said staff 14 estimates 2-3 years before trail building can begin, and experts say the trails will take 15 another 2-3 years to complete. She asked if the requests made at the May 6th meeting 16 could be added as an agenda item to the BOCC meeting on June 19th. 17 Allan Green was signed up to speak, but declined to do so. 18 Commissioner McKee referred to the petition about the Jefferson Davis highway, 19 and asked John Roberts if this resolution would have died on its own due to being over 20 50 years old. 21 John Roberts said the memorial highway never came into being, and the 22 proclamation was an act by the BOCC, and the current Board of County Commissioners 23 can retract this original proclamation. He said the original proclamation has no legal 24 effect today, as the project was abandoned. 25 Commissioner McKee asked if John Roberts was aware of this resolution from 26 1959. 27 John Roberts said he was made aware of it about a month ago, but had not heard 28 of it previously. 29 30 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 31 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 32 below.) 33 34 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 35 Commissioner Marcoplos said GoTriangle will make free youth passes (13-18 years old) 36 available as of July 1st, which can be used anywhere in the GoTriangle system. He said 37 Orange County should publicize this information. 38 Commissioner Marcoplos spoke to Durham Tech President Bill Ingram about the 39 paramedic training course, and Durham Tech is planning to institute accredited and non- 40 accredited courses for paramedics. He read an email to this effect, and said this is underway at 41 Durham Tech and Orange County will continue to monitor this. 42 Commissioner Marcoplos said there is proposed legislation on building inspections, 43 which states if a local inspection cannot happen within two days, the builder can hire an 44 inspector from a statewide pool. He said the builder would pay for the inspector, but the local 45 fee for the inspection would be refunded. He said there is some grey area about whether an 46 engineer or an architect can inspect the foundation and footings, in lieu of local inspectors, if 47 they did the engineering for said foundation and footings. He said it is a strange bill, and he 48 would like to know what this bill would mean to the inspections department. 49