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4 1 environmental impact on the Jordan Lake and University Lake Watershed. She said she has been 2 working with the Triangle Connectivity Collaborative, formerly the Eno-Uni Collective, and they 3 are working to plan for biodiversity and making sure the wildlife is thought of in planning. She said 4 there are excellent maps and a strategic plan that has been prepared by state experts that she 5 would like the Board to review. She asked that it become part of the Comprehensive Plan and 6 asked to be on the BOCC agenda one night. She asked the Board to carefully consider all 7 information. 8 Claudia Fernandez said she lives in Heritage Hills and three homes in the neighborhood 9 have recently flooded and they are very close to her home. She said she is very concerned about 10 the building plans by the Town of Chapel Hill. She said that the flooding did not happen before all 11 of the building around them. She said she has joined the Southern Neighborhood Alliance, and 12 they are trying to be heard. She said she votes for the BOCC and has no vote in other elections. 13 She said the Town of Chapel Hill is discussing a plan that is bigger than Southern Village and this 14 will reduce the permeable surface and her home is downstream of this. She said she echoes the 15 concerns others expressed tonight. She said there is broad concern in the neighborhood. She 16 said that she echoes those concerns and Dogwood Acres is also part of the concerned citizens. 17 She said they do not want to be washed away. 18 Joshua Setzer said he lives in Collins Creek. He said that on 10/6 there was a letter from 19 the Orange County Solid Waste Department about potential drilling at a future date and no date 20 had been identified. He said that on Friday, three trucks appeared, and no notifications went out 21 and the website was not updated as the letter indicated, and they assume the drilling happened 22 without notification. He said that getting information about the project and how it affects the 23 community has been difficult and he wants there to be follow through with what is said will happen 24 and what actually happens. He said that a memorandum would be helpful so that everyone could 25 be on the same page with this project. He asked the Board to consider this as a future agenda 26 item. 27 Allyson Shaffer said she lives in Collins Creek. She said that the proposed site has caused 28 a lot of concerns about well water, unforeseen issues related to climate change, and traffic. She 29 asked the Board to find an alternative site that is not residential. 30 31 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 32 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) 33 34 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 35 Chair Bedford advanced to item 4 on the agenda. 36 37 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 38 39 a. Presentation from the Orange County Consumer and Family Advisory Committee 40 The Board received a presentation from Carol Conway, Co-Chair of the Orange County 41 Consumer and Family Advisory Council. 42 43 BACKGROUND: State legislation mandates that Alliance Health and each of North Carolina's 44 other behavioral health managed care organizations support and collaborate with an advisory 45 group of individuals and their family members. These groups are called Consumer and Family 46 Advisory Committees (CFAC's). Each county in Alliance Health's service area has its own CFAC. 47 Orange County's CFAC meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month. 48 49 State law charges each CFAC with the following responsibilities: 50