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27 1 Emergency Services Stormwater Control Measures; and authorized the Chair to sign the 2 necessary paperwork upon final County Attorney review. 3 j. Orange County Sportsplex Field House Stormwater Control Measure Access and 4 Maintenance Easement and Agreement with Town of Hillsborough (103 Meadowlands 5 Drive, Hillsborough) 6 The Board approved a Stormwater Control Measure Access and Maintenance Easement and 7 Agreement with the Town of Hillsborough for the Orange County Sportsplex Field House 8 Stormwater Control Measures; and authorized the Chair to sign the necessary paperwork upon 9 final County Attorney review. 10 I. Lease of 308 W. Franklin Street and Suite 101 at the Europa Center, and Approval of 11 Budget Amendment#4-C 12 The Board authorized the Manager to sign the lease for 308 W. Franklin Street and the lease 13 for Suite 101, Europa Center, upon final review by the County Attorney, and approve Budget 14 Amendment#4-C. 15 16 9. County Manager's Report 17 Bonnie Hammersley referred to the Information items and the Commuter Rail Update, 18 which was sent out by Commissioner Marcoplos. She said GoTriangle staff is willing to give a 19 presentation to the Board, if the Board so chooses. 20 Bonnie Hammersley said the Board's annual retreat is on Friday, Jan. 241" at the Cedar 21 Grove Community Center and the Assembly of Governments meeting will be Tuesday, January 22 28t" at the Whitted Building. 23 24 10. County Attorney's Report 25 John Roberts said he previously informed the board that the Human Relations 26 Commission (HRC) was working on diversity within County advisory boards, and this work will 27 be ready for the BOCC's review soon. He said the HRC also has his draft of the anti- 28 discrimination ordinance, which will be ready for BOCC review soon. 29 Commissioner Dorosin said he has been in contact with other elected officials on other 30 boards about the anti-discrimination ordinance, and there may be an adoption of this ordinance 31 at the same time, possibly during pride month in June. 32 33 11. *Appointments 34 NONE 35 36 12. Information Items 37 Chair Rich said the BOCC has received some calls about the Broadband initiative not 38 moving fast enough. She said she has spoken to staff about this, and some areas have been 39 connected, while other areas have trees that are presenting greater problems than anticipated. 40 She said Piedmont may offer some vertical space. She said the process is still in phase one, 41 which is slower than expected, but staff is doing all it can to keep things moving. 42 Commissioner McKee said there have been more than calls, and a community meeting 43 may be held in Cedar Grove. 44 Commissioner Dorosin asked if more towers are needed. 45 Chair Rich said yes; the trees are blocking the signal. 46 Jim Northup, Chief Information Officer, said staff is looking at alternate sites, including 47 some private property offered by homeowners. He said open broadband is having difficulty 48 getting through the trees. He said there is technology that can penetrate the trees, but it is not 49 going as expected. He said there are currently about 100 people signed up.