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35 <br />as possible. The report should include, but not be limited to, the legal <br />authority of the County to take this action, any state or electorate approval <br />needed, costs associated with implementation, and a proposed process for <br />establishing district lines." A report was made back to the Board at the <br />October 1, 1996 regular meeting, which is discussed below. <br />Also at the August 20, 1996 meeting, Conm>issioner Alice Gordon, during <br />the Board Comments section of the agenda, noted the report in the agenda <br />package regarding membership statistics for the Board of Commissioners <br />dating back to 1954 (see Appendix M). Commissioner Gordon noted <br />several facts related to the materials, including that membership on the <br />Board of Commissioners had been spread, to varying degrees, across the <br />County during the 42-year period, except for during a two and a half year <br />period starting in 1990 when all five Commissioners were from Chapel Hill <br />Township. The minutes of the August 20, 1996 meeting contain no <br />additional discussion concerning this report. <br />At the Board of Commissioners' October 1, 1996 regular meeting, in follow- <br />up to the Board's request on August 20, 1996 that "the County Attorney and <br />the County Manager gather information and produce a report which details a <br />