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2 1 that this change would not impact the University Lake Watershed at a Chapel Hill Town Council. 2 He said state maps show otherwise and said he would like to see the findings of county staff on 3 this matter after the Board directed staff to investigate this issue at a previous meeting. He said 4 Carrboro had a motion to vote on this issue on February 6th and does not want them to vote 5 without the correct information. He said this decision feels rushed and that further studies are 6 needed to determine the impact of changing this agreement. He said there is no guarantee that 7 the stated affordable housing will ever occur and there is no full cost-benefit analysis or a plan for 8 how affordable housing will be developed in this area. He said he would like to see more 9 comprehensive planning at the county level and collaboration between county and towns on this 10 issue but also affordable housing and climate change issues across the county. 11 12 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 13 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.) 14 15 16 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 17 Commissioner Richards said there were a lot of activities during the holidays and on Martin 18 Luther King, Jr. Day. She said she attended the first meeting of the Jordan Lake One Water 19 Coalition and board officers were elected. She said it was a good organizational meeting and is 20 looking forward to serving. 21 Commissioner McKee said after learning that Buccee's will be built in Alamance County, 22 he is extremely disappointed that, over time, Orange County will lose tens of millions of dollars to 23 Alamance County because the Orange County Board of County Commissioners did not approve 24 that project. 25 Vice-Chair Greene said she stepped in for Chair Bedford at the graduation ceremony for 26 the 6th class of Project EngAge Volunteers. She said this is a great volunteer program for older 27 residents helping each other out. On a related note, she said that the senior centers are always 28 looking for volunteer drivers for seniors. She said she attended the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 29 events yesterday in Hillsborough and went to her second DSS Board meeting today. She said 30 that people are wanting to sign up for Medicaid expansion and staff is working to process nearly 31 1,900 applications at this time. She shared that this Board learned that Chapel Hill was interested 32 in applying for funding for an affordable housing project on Homestead Rd., and initially wanted 33 to use some county-owned land to build a covered bus shelter. Then, she said they learned that 34 the requirements were that the site had to have Saturday bus service, so Chapel Hill decided not 35 to apply after all. She said it was interesting to her because the state requirements did not used 36 to consider public transit, and it is not a deal breaker for funding now, but six extra points could 37 be applied to an application if Saturday transit were available. She said she is directing her 38 comments partly to the MPO representatives on the Board, because people at state level 39 recognize the connection between affordable housing, transit, mobility, and climate change but 40 funding transit is still a challenge. 41 Chair Bedford said she attended a Watauga Club dinner, and the subject was RTP 3.0 42 and the future development of RTP, including housing. She said it was interesting and will involve 43 Durham and Wake counties rezoning. She said she went to Carol Woods last week to thank them 44 for their$175,000 donation towards the Master Aging Plan. Finally, she said she attended a zoom 45 meeting earlier this month with Senator Graig Meyer as part of a subcommittee planning for future 46 land use if the UNC coal rail line ever becomes available. 47 Commissioner Portie-Ascott said she also attended the project EngAge graduation and 48 was impressed by the courses graduates took. She said she also attended several MLK Day 49 events. She said she enjoyed an oratorical contest that involved courageous students in 50 elementary, middle, and high school who made speeches. She said she attended two meetings 51 of the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness and attended a training on the point-in-