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14 Commissioner Rich thanked Chair Dorosin and Commissioner Marcoplos for their diligence this past summer on this item. Commissioner Jacobs asked if a written response was ever received from GoTriangle regarding the Hillsborough passenger station. Bonnie Hammersley said no. Commissioner Jacobs said this is long overdue, and the voters need to be clearly informed. Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the GoTriangle youth go pass, and asked if these are available at the Chapel Hill library. John Tallmadge said not yet, but GoTriangle is in discussions with library staff. c. Resolution Approving a Policy of Additional Inspections for Residential Projects The Board considered a proposed resolution approving the Orange County’s Inspections Division to perform additional code enforcement inspections for residential projects by policy, similar to the County’s current level of service and number of specific inspections, and authorize the Chair to sign. Michael Rettie, Chief Building Officer, reviewed the following information: BACKGROUND: As allowed by Session Law 2013-118, the Orange County Inspections Division has submitted a request to the North Carolina Department of Insurance to have additional Inspections approved (see highlighted section of Attachment 2). Staff has been instructed by the North Carolina Building Code Council to solicit approval from the Orange County Board of Commissioners for the additional Building Code enforcement inspections. The Orange County Inspections Division requests to add an additional 35 specific inspection types (as the County has done historically), which would serve to facilitate a more systematic, timely and efficient inspection process. The requested inspections are essentially an expansion of the eight listed inspections identified in the NC Administrative Code and Policy into natural subcategories or parts, which are currently verified together under each macro-inspection type. Staff has listed these additional inspections with how each relates to the eight listed inspection types in Exhibit 2 to the proposed resolution. The proposed policy would ensure that builders and subcontractors have the flexibility and control over the scheduling and sequence of inspections when, in the construction schedule and process, the issue is most efficiently verified and repairs can be effectively made with minimal cost or delay. The Orange County Inspections Division, as well as those being served, would benefit by having certain components available for inspection when most accessible for verification. These inspections are intended to facilitate better construction projects by fostering a mutually beneficial partnership between the building community and Inspections Division. The additional inspections allow builders to choose the needed inspections individually, in combinations and when they are most efficient to a project, which could help manage project costs. The Orange County Inspections Division would have a greater variety of inspections for Building Safety Officials to verify the multitude of elements and also offer more options to record the result each inspection. Staff has been in contact with the Home Builders Association, which understands the logic of the proposal, which is similar to the County’s historic inspections suite of service.