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7 <br /> On August 26, 2008 Cpl. Josh Robinson received a call from an Orange Rural First Responder <br /> over the radio reporting a crane accident behind the Orange Rural Fire Department in which a <br /> construction worker was reported to be in cardiac arrest. Two other workers were injured while <br /> removing the subject from the live wires and began CPR. <br /> Orange County 9-1-1, Orange County EMS, Hillsborough Police Department, and Orange <br /> Rural Fire Department worked together as a team while responding and rendering care to the <br /> victims. <br /> This event represents the teamwork that occurs daily throughout Orange County and illustrates <br /> the dedication and hard work of our emergency response partners. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Cliff Leath read a prepared statement: <br /> "I am addressing the Commissioners this evening on behalf of Preserve Rural Orange <br /> (PRO) to ask for your help and support on an issue that is very important to rural communities <br /> throughout Orange County. <br /> In April of 2002, UNC-Chapel Hill announced the closure of Horace Williams Airport so <br /> that their plans to build Carolina North could be realized. Under pressure from UNC's Medical <br /> School AHEC program and a national aircraft owners and pilots' association, the N. C. General <br /> Assembly passed legislation in September 2002 requiring the University to keep the airport <br /> open until January 2005. Further legislation passed in July 2004, mandated that the University <br /> keep Horace Williams open until a replacement facility for AHEC's MedicalAir Operations was <br /> found. <br /> In 2002, UNC commissioned a feasibility study from Talbert and Bright, a prominent <br /> aviation consulting firm, to find an alternative site for Horace Williams Airport. In May 2005, <br /> the study identified RDU as the top ranked site to relocate UNC's AHEC MedAir Operations. <br /> The Talbert & Bright study identified other lower ranked sites in the county. The second <br /> ranked site, scoring 60 of a possible 68 points, is "Site H" located off Orange Chapel Clover <br /> Garden Church Road in rural southwest Orange County. The third site, "Site 9", is located <br /> west of Orange Grove Road and scored 53 points. <br /> On May 26, 2005, Talbert & Bright presented the results of their study at a UNC Board <br /> of Trustees meeting. In the same meeting, the Trustees unanimously endorsed and accepted <br /> the study's conclusion that RDU met the University's criteria for AHEC MedAir flights. MedAir <br /> flights represent less than 25% of the flights to and from Horace Williams. The Trustees' <br /> decisions regarding the relocation of Horace Williams to RDU are included in the official record <br /> of the Trustees' resolution in support of Carolina North. <br /> http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may05/bot carolinanorth052605.html <br /> Preserve Rural Orange deeply appreciates Chairman Jacobs' June 11, 2008 letter to <br /> Speaker Hackney, Senator Kinnaird, and Representatives Faison and lnsko in which he <br /> questioned the bypassing of local authority regarding the use of eminent domain in House Bill <br /> 2725 and the bill's attempt to undermine Orange County's Land Use Plan. Commissioner <br /> Jacobs' request to table HB 2725 pending a thorough discussion of the airport issue was <br />