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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - 20050428APPROVED 06123/2005 MINUTES ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS April 28, 2005 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session far an Assembly of Governments meeting on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Moses Carey and Commissioners Valerie P. Foushee, Alice M. Gordon, and Barry Jacobs COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Stephen Halkioits COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: Geoffrey Gledhill COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager John Link, Assistant County Managers Rod Visser and Gwen Harvey, and Clerk to the Board Donna S. Baker {All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Kevin C. Foy and Members Sally Greene, Ed Harrison, Jim Ward and, Bill Strom CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Cam Hill, Mark Kleinschmidt, Dorothy Verkerk, and Edith Wiggins CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Alex Zaffron and Members Joal Hall Broun and Jacquelyn Gist CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Mike Nelson and Members Mark Chilton, Diana McDuffee, and John Herrerra HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: HILLSBOROUGH TOWN COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Mayor Joe Phelps and Members Evelyn Lloyd, Frances Dancey, Brian Lowen, Michael Gering, and Eric Hallman NOTE: All other participants are listed in the text as appropriate. NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. The meeting began at 7:42 p.m. Chair Carey said that there were not many elected officials here tonight, especially from the Town of Hillsborough. The Mayor of Hillsborough sent a note to him saying that they would not be able to attend because of other commitments. Chair Carey said that the last item on the agenda tonight is to suggest rotating the hosting of these meetings to increase participation. The Board of County Commissioners has been the convening partner far this meeting for many years. Mayor Foy said that the Assembly of Governments is a good concept and has a role to play in the joint planning efforts. He said that some people on his board view it as not of primary importance and not worth the time. He said that there should be a discussion about how to make the meetings more productive. He said that when they campaign for office, they hear from citizens that the entities should work together. the reservoir. He is not sure how the issue was resurrected. OWASA was pleased with the low-impact hunting proposal far the 50Q acres and thought there was an agreement. Then, on April 8t", the Executive Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission sent a letter saying that the proposal did not meet the conditions and that they were going to finalize their program, publish it, and post the reservoir and the mitigation lands effective this fall. The Board of Directors is meeting tonight and taking public comment, and the recommendation of the subcommittee is that the Board only approve a very low-impact hunting program on the mitigation property and that it not adopt a hunting program an the reservoir itself. Chair Carey asked about an appeal process. Ed Harrison said that there is a wildlife commission that reports to the Wildlife Resources Commission itself, which is composed of about 17 people appointed by the Governor. His impression, based on past experience, is that OWASA will have to appeal this to the actual commission. He thinks that OWASA has in its favor the public rules governing the classification of water and reservoirs. Joal Hall Broun asked what would happen if someone was hiking and was shot and killed by a hunter. Pat Davis said that it is their understanding that OWASA would not be liable. The land would be posted with notice of when the hunting would take place and the hunting would be by permit only. This is definitely a concern. Pat Davis thanked the County Commissioners for the letter of support. Jacquelyn Gist asked the Carrbora staff to compose a letter similar to the County Commissioners' letter. 2) Update on Utility Assessment Policy County Engineer Paul Thames said that last summer the Town of Chapel Hill asked OWASA to initiate ar reinstitute a reimbursement policy for sharing the cost of extending utility lines to serve municipal projects. Orange County requested the same initiative in February. The OWASA board has had a utility reimbursement policy in the past, but abandoned it in 1999. The original policy was to cover only the incremental costs of upsizing lines over the minimum sizes. Orange County is looking at extensive utility casts associated with school construction, park development, etc. He made reference to attachment 1-A-2, which is a letter from Ed Kerwin, Executive Director of OWASA, to the County and Tawn Managers. OWASA has been discussing reinstituting the utility reimbursement policy and has found by consensus that they would not be able to do it at this time. Ed Kerwin has suggested that the Towns and the County evaluate an assessment policy for funding some utilities. This would allow them to share the costs of upsizing and installing lines. He said that there are some problems with this funding and also some risks associated with it regarding the requirement of public hearings, easement condemnations, annexations, etc. Joal Hall Broun said that she was on the OWASA board when the policy was changed in 1999. She has always thought that the business model was not serving. She said that when OWASA was created, the people who lived in Orange County had paid for it with the bonds, and continue to pay their monthly water bills. She feels that this is an unfair policy, as it relates to governmental entities. She said that the University got at least a $1 million ride for the Dean Dome. She said that the assumption that all of the governmental entities in the County are rich is false. She read the last paint on the letter, "Reimbursement through assessment is more consistent with the principles of `benefited parties pay' and `growth pays for growth."' She said that growth has never paid for growth and it never will. She said that if OWASA can give UNC $1 million, then it could give the Towns a break without ruining its financial strength. Commissioner Jacobs said that if the Chapel Hill Tawn Council and the Orange County Board of Commissioners have both asked OWASA to re-think their policy, then he would strongly suggest that OWASA reconsider this policy. He also served on the OWASA board and with the staff a certain scope of improvements were agreed upon and the school system staff had agreed to thane improvements. He does not knave the cast implications far the County. CHCCS Board member Lisa Stuckey said that she recalled that the amount was $350,000 with a possibility of another $250,000 that the school system would bear. Alex Zaffran said that the school system staff, in consultation with DOT, will arrive at an understanding of what improvements need to be made and the scope and design of the improvements to serve the school. These improvements would be on the school system's schedule, and then DOT would follow behind on their schedule. Commissioner Jacobs said that it sounds like the Moving Ahead money is not going to be totally consumed by the Homestead Raad project. He suggested that whatever is left over be used for the road improvements for the high school and to communicate this to DOT. Chair Carey agreed and suggested that the staffs coordinate the letters to write to DOT. Jim Ward made reference to the wording regarding Homestead Raad and asked that it say that the project will "fully fund" the improvements that have been identified so that the project is not short of funding at a later date. He would like to keep the pressure an DOT, because they did not rule out the passibility of any 2005 construction. He hopes that all letters will reflect this. Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks it should be clear that everyone wants to fully fund and complete the Homestead Road project. Alex Zaffran said that he recalls that Doug Galyan ,North Carolina Board of Transportation member, was amenable to keeping any leftover money in Orange County, but he could not guarantee it. The staffs will generate letters to DOT. Commissioner Gordan suggested copying the letter along with athank-you note to Senator Ellie Kinnaird, Representative Verla Insko, Doug Galyan, and Mike Mills from NCDOT. They were present at the meeting in Raleigh and it was helpful to have them there. 3) Priority Projects Mayor Fay said that Chapel Hill has a priority project that will affect Carrboro, which is the signal system. Chapel Hill wants to replace its signal system because it has had trouble maintaining it. The rationale for making it the highest priority is that they think it will help traffic flow better and they can avoid investments in wider roads. The signal system needs to be replaced with a fiber optic system. Chapel Hill has asked DOT for the money for this. Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and part of Durham are served by this signal system. He said that their highest priority in the last four years has been South Columbia Street, which has been pushed back. They are concerned about the Transportation Improvement Plan because they have developed plans and worked on them and they feel like they are spinning their wheels. They are beginning to get frustrated. Jacquelyn Gist asked that Chapel Hill keep in mind walkability with the signal system. The signal system now is not pedestrian-friendly. Mayor Foy said that the Chapel Hill Traffic Engineer has to drive the roads and record the synchronization. There is no sophisticated way to test the synchronization at this time. They would like to have some software to be able to monitor the system from a central location. Joal Hall Broun said that, as they go through problems with DOT, all elected officials need to think about where to place some pressure points such as using the legislators. Commissioner Gordon made reference to some information published recently about how the Triangle has overspent its transportation money and that it owed money. This is referring to Division 5, which is Durham County and east. Division 7 is Orange County and west, and it is owed some money. She thinks the staff has looked into it to see how Orange County has fared. In the scheme of things, Orange County has not received a lot of money. She thinks that they should be more aggressive, as Joal Hall Broun said, and try and get some advocacy for some of the needed projects. Mayor Foy said that money is very tight for transportation projects, but there seems to be millions of dollars to widen I-85 in Orange County. He does not know why this is. He would like to get a piece of this money. He does not know why this section of interstate needs to be widened because every time he drives it, it is fine. Mayor Foy brought something up that he said is controversial between Carrboro and Chapel Hill. He said that their 2030 plan calls far a corridor that goes from the hospital to Carolina North. The corridor would use the existing train track and it ends at Cameron Avenue. Carrboro is planning that this would be the corridor and then it will link up along Cameron Avenue. Chapel Hill has taken the position that the transportation corridor should go dawn Franklin Street and not Cameron Avenue. The problem is that these do not connect. The staff is saying that there is na way to know where the corridor will be until there is an environmental impact study. He is worried about it because if Carrboro builds toward this goal and anticipates that this is where the linkage will be, and then Chapel Hill plans it for another place, he thinks this would be a problem. Alex Zaffron said that their position was that it was premature to preclude the corridor for consideration. They asked the TAC to send the issue to the staffs far study. He understands that the Chapel Hill Town Council took a stronger position on it and Carrboro has not been able to revisit the issue. He hopes that everyone involved can try to keep an open mind about it. Mayor Foy said that he brought it up because he wanted everyone to know about it. He said that the Chapel Hill Town Council has assured the citizens along Cameron Avenue that there would not be a corridor through there. C. Solid Waste Issues 1) Status of Regulated Recyclables Materials Ordinance (RRMO) Rod Visser said that this was implemented by the County in October 2002. This has so far been extremely successful in terms of reducing waste. The County is at 46-47% waste reduction. The Towns of Carrboro and Hillsborough have also implemented the RRMO within their jurisdictions. The County staff will be happy to work with the Town of Chapel Hill. 2) Solid Waste Advisory Board fSWAB1-Three Year Comprehensive Plan Update Process In early February, the Board of County Commissioners had a work session with the SWAB and addressed the need to prepare the next three-year update of the Solid Waste Management Plan that is required by state regulation. This plan is due to the state in June 2006. The Board of County Commissioners gave direction to the SWAB to engage each town to participate in this project and a work group was created. The first meeting of the work group was in early April and there is another one in May. 3) Interlocal Agreement -History, Update and Summary of Responsibilities of Parties, including Payments Required Rad Visser mentioned that the nation of possible changes in the way commercial solid waste is collected. The County's interest is that when waste is generated, that it come to the Orange County landfill because it helps to underwrite the solid waste programs and recycling programs. Commissioner Jacobs asked for an explanation and if Chapel Hill has a problem with the RRMO. Mayor Foy said that Chair Carey had talked with him recently, and there is no problem but it has not been at the tap of the agenda yet. E. School Resource Officers Rad Visser said that during the last 15-18 months, representatives from the County Commissioners and the school boards have been meeting on a regular basis to talk about collaboration and efficiencies. One of the topics that has come up is the issue of School Resource Officers (SROs) and how they are provided and funded. Last fall, representatives from each of the law enforcement agencies, the Managers, and the school staffs attended a meeting about haw 5R0's are deployed. Everyone believes that having SRO's in schools is critical. The way in which the SRO's are deployed is working very well right now. They did not come up with a better way to fund SRO's, but everyone agreed that it was important for the function to continue. The County Commissioners did include as one of the legislative priorities a proposal to the State of North Carolina to designate funds to every middle and high school in the state to provide a slot for a School Resource Officer. Jim Ward agreed that SRO's are a critical resource for the schools. Chair Carey asked if it was critical enough for Chapel Hill to kick in some money and Jim Ward said yes. 2. Jurisdictional Updates and Presentations There were written reports in the packets. A. Orange County 1) SportsPlex Acquisition Update 2) Update on Orange County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element 3} Twin Creeks Park Update 4} Orange County Animal Shelter and Animal Services Advisory Board Update 5} Durham Tech Satellite Campus Update 6} Others B. Hillsborough Chair Carey said that since na one was here from the Town of Hillsborough, they would skip this item. 1} Water Resources Availability Update 2} Others Lisa Stuckey and AI Hartkopf left at 9:18 p.m. C. Chapel Hill 1. Southern Community Park Update Mayor Fay said that the special use permit will be coming to the next Town Council meeting and there should be no problems approving this. 2. Homestead Aquatics Center Development Update Mayor Fay said that they anticipate breaking ground on this in a year. 3. Post Office Courtroom Building Plans Update, if any Mayor Foy said that they are not planning on selling this, but they are looking at what to do with it in the future. 4. Others Mayor Foy said that on May 8t" there would be a ceremony officially renaming Airport Road Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. He invited all to attend. Jacquelyn Gist said that there have been times when there were immediate issues at hand like solid waste and watershed issues. She suggested that the informational meetings be limited to an hour and to consider a social component so that there can be casual discussion. Bill Strom said that rotating the hosting is a good idea. He agreed about putting meatier topics on the table and to having an informal conversation. He said that it is helpful to hear what each jurisdiction is doing. Commissioner Gordon asked if rotating the hosting would take care of the problems. Jacquelyn Gist suggested having an agenda planning committee. Ed Harrison suggested having the lead elected officials in the jurisdictions to work it out and agree in principle to rotate. A motion was made by Ed Harrison, seconded by Jacquelyn Gist to adjourn the meeting at 9:40 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Moses Carey, Jr., Chair Donna S. Baker Clerk to the Board Call to Order and Introductions 1. Discussion of Common Issues (written documents provided where necessary) A. OWASA Issues 1) Update on Hunting on OWASA-owned Lands and Wildlife Resources Commission Current Position Pat Davis was representing OWASA and was available to answer questions. Environment and Resource Conservation Director Dave Stancil made reference to a letter from Chair Carey to the Chair of the OWASA board related to this item that was transmitted within the last few days. He made reference to Attachment 1-A-1a and said that this is a comprehensive topic that has 25 years of history behind it. It dates all the way back to 1980, when the permitting for the Cane Creek Reservoir was underway. The permit requirements included some provisions to address the mitigation for wildlife habitat that needed to be created when the Cane Creek Reservoir became filled to offset the land resources that were taken away by the flooding of the lake. The OWASA board is meeting tonight to talk about this topic. He made reference to the memo dated April 22"d from Ed Kerwin, which provides some history. One of the things that is not in the memo is that, in 2002 and 2003, the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group did a report on the OWASA Mitigation Tract to look at the possibilities far low-impact recreation or other recreational opportunities. The OWASA Mitigation Tract is a 500-acre parcel of land located off Buckhorn Road and is a few miles north of the Cane Creek Reservoir in Bingham Township. At that time, the staff became aware of some possible need to revisit same of the original permitting requirement related to the compatibility between the hunting provisions and the possibility of public recreation activities. In September 2004, the OWASA board discussed a proposal to allow limited permit controlled deer hunting on the mitigation tract. Initially, there appeared to be concurrence of limited deer hunting and the possibility of conjunctive low-impact recreation use. In February of this year, a public meeting was held, and on April 8t", the Wildlife Resources Commission Executive Director sent a letter to OWASA stating that the commission was no longer satisfied that OWASA had met the mitigation provisions for the permit dating back to 1980, and that they intended to initiate hunting programs on the mitigation tract and the Cane Creek Reservoir in the fall of 2005. There have been subsequent discussions since this April 10t" memorandum between OWASA staff and the Wildlife Resources Commission. The issue facing OWASA now is whether or not and to what degree to allow hunting provisions on the mitigation tract or the reservoir itself. Jacquelyn Gist said that she appreciated the letter from the Board of County Commissioners and she agrees with this letter, in that the idea of people hunting while people are out hiking is a bad idea. She asked if opening up the lands for low impact recreation would satisfy the State. Dave Stancil said that he believed that it would not satisfy the State because the WRC is saying that some provision for hunting needs to be made. Mayor Foy asked why this is taming up now. Pat Davis said that back in 1980 when the 404 permit was issued by the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers for the Cane Creek Reservoir project, it did include provisions for allowing hunting on the reservoir and it also required the implementation of other wildlife habitat mitigation measures. One approach that was agreed to was that OWASA would purchase 500 acres of land in the northern part of the watershed and set it aside in perpetuity as wildlife habitat. The conditions of approval far the project included that there would be hunting allowed on the mitigation tract. When the permit was accepted, the Board of Directors approved a resolution that confirmed the conditions of the permit. OWASA did not aggressively pursue following through on allowing hunting on the mitigation lands or on said that the OWASA board is not equal to elected officials. He agrees with Joal Hall Broun in that OWASA needs to think seriously about what the elected boards are saying. B. Transportation Issues 1) Update on Smith Level Road Project Alex Zaffron said that there have been several developments since the memo in the packet was published. Karen Lincoln said that there were two projects -Smith Level Road and the Homestead/High School Roads Sidewalk. These have become closely related financially. The Smith Level Road project is a request from the Town of Carrboro far the design to be less than the four lane divided highway that NCDOT had proposed. The previous discussion was that DOT offered to do a lesser design for the road and that it would be removed as a Transportation Improvement Program project. DOT proposed to put it on the Moving Ahead program, and Carrboro would have to pay for the right-of-way for the cross-section far Smith Level Road as a TIP project and utility relocation. There was another meeting with DOT to further discuss this, and DOT said that it would consider the TIP project to be a three-lane cross-section for Smith Level Road, but Carrboro would have to make a formal request to DOT, which would further delay the project. The other option would be to use the Moving Ahead money. 2) HomesteadlHigh School Roads Sidewalk Development Update Karen Lincoln said that when the committee met last summer, they thought the sidewalk problem had been solved and that the funding had been resolved. The only things that had to be worked out were the municipal agreements and the right-of-way maintenance agreements. The County and the municipalities did this by December. However, somewhere along the way the Public Transportation Division of DOT, which handles the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities money, were never pulled into the process or informed about it. Alex Zaffron further explained the delays. It turns out that the real problem was that people did not communicate within DOT. DOT did admit that it was their fault and that they would try to fix it. On Tuesday, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved making a request to DOT to proceed with the design for the three-lane crass-section. This frees up the Moving Ahead funds. The board also formally requested that whatever funding is necessary far roadway and pedestrian projects be shifted to the Homestead/High School Road project from the Smith Level Road project. Now the other participating jurisdictions need to join Carrboro in a resolution to shift the Moving Ahead funds to the HomesteadlHigh School Roads sidewalk project. Commissioner Gordan said that she, Jim Ward, and Alex Zaffron were at the last Homestead Road Safety meeting. The County estimate for Smith Level Road Moving Ahead funds is $1.3 million. For the Homestead Road project, the funds needed include $650,000 for the sidewalk, and $100,000 far the signal. This would be $750,000 out of $1.3 million. She thinks the jurisdictions should request that any money left over from the Homestead Road project should be shifted to the Smith Level Road improvements for High Schaal #3. Alex Zaffron said that the right-of-way acquisition figures for HomesteadlHigh School have not been completed, so they want to have some "wiggle" room. Commissioner Gordon asked what was decided about High School #3 in terms of Smith Level Road and other road improvements. Alex Zaffron said that the CUP was left with some flexibility in the language. The school system design team will be working with the DOT design team. Commissioner Gordan asked what the CHCCS and Board of County Commissioners are going to have to pay for Smith Level Road improvements. Alex Zaffron said that in negotiations D. Impact of Development in Chatham, Durham and Alamance Counties near Orange County Line Chair Carey said that mast of the concern is development around the Chatham County line. He said that this first became high on the Board of County Commissioners' priority list because of Southern Park and the proximity to Chatham County. Comprehensive Planning Supervisor Tam Altieri said that they are working on growth issues around the City of Mebane and Alamance County. They are trying to update a small area plan for the EflandlMebane area and a task force has been put together to work with Planning staff to study the growth in this area. Regarding Durham County, upon completion of the County's land use element, the Planning staff would like to develop an additional small area plan far the I-85/U5 70 Economic Development District and the surrounding area to address this growth. Regarding Chatham County, they do not have any immediate plans to study growth in this area. However, the current land use element update addresses all of the County's planning jurisdiction that lies outside of the joint planning area. The completion of this plan may provide a segue, if there is joint interest in studying Chatham's growth, to look at the joint planning agreement land use plan to study this issue. Mayor Foy asked about the expected benefit of this kind of study of Chatham County. Tom Altieri said that it was just a suggestion to study growth in this area in more detail as a group. Bill Strom said that Chapel Hill's 2000 Comprehensive Plan confirmed their commitment to, and satisfaction with the joint planning agreement land use element. He would need more data on this kind of study. Commissioner Jacobs said that they are looking at different mechanisms to do a better job of preserving open space and the rural buffer. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the status of the proposal from Chatham County for a stump grinding operation. Tom Altieri said that he is not familiar with the status. The Planning Department has received calls from some Orange County residents that were concerned. Commissioner Jacobs asked that this information be shared with the other jurisdictions. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the potential update to the joint planning agreement land use plan and said that she was not aware of this update. The County Commissioners have not discussed this proposed update. Tom Altieri said that this is correct and this is a staff idea for one way to further examine the impacts of Chatham County's growth. Bill Strom said that what Commissioner Jacobs characterized as minor changes could risk the principle that has kept the rural buffer intact, which is the natural carrying capacity of the land. He said that if you are going to cluster in the rural buffer, you are getting away from this principle. Joal Hall Broun said that they all know that the rural buffer is not going to change unless new people are elected and there is a vast change in the population. She thinks that Chatham County will continue to allow itself to build as much residential growth as possible until they have no more water or no more money. The real question is how to dialogue with the neighboring counties about what is going to happen. Mayor Foy said that Chapel Hill met with Chatham County Commissioners about a year ago and one thing that came out of it was a greater interest in working with Chapel Hill on tapping into the public transit system. Chair Carey said that the newer Chatham County Commissioners are showing up at other meetings outside their county to draw on the understanding of impacts. He thinks there should be dialogue with Chatham County. Mike Cross told him that Chatham County Commissioners had approved 6,000 new units within the last few years. This is why they are trying to get the land transfer tax passed. Bill Strom said that on May 23`d at 1 Q:QQ a.m., the people that have been invited to submit proposals for re-development projects an parking lot #5 will be making presentations to the council and the public. Jim V1Jard made reference to Twin Creeks and Southern Park and asked if there was any thought of putting the infrastructure in for reclaimed water. Chapel Hill Town Manager Cal Horton said that this has not been considered for Southern Park. Commissioner Gordon said that it sounds like a reasonable suggestion. Discussion ensued about the potential use of water at Southern Park. Commissioner Gordon said that there has been a lot of speculation about which Chapel Hill buildings might be sold. She asked about the status of this. Mayor Fay said that Chapel Hill had a work session and there is no interest in selling the three buildings -the post office, the museum, and the Community House. There have not been any decisions on the future use of the buildings. D. Carrboro 1 j Park Projects Jacquelyn Gist said that there was a lot of community input on the new parks master plan. There is more information on the Town's website. Carrboro is also planning a summer reading program. The Cybrary will be involved as well as some UNC representatives. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the plans for the Adams Tract. Jacquelyn Gist said that they are not putting afive-story building in there or a through road. They are going to name a portion of the creek in honor of Dave Otter's daughters. 2) Others Chair Carey said that the jurisdictions would be hearing mare in the coming months about the joint ten-year plan to end homelessness in Orange County. The plan will be coming together early next year. Sally Greene said that this Saturday at 9:QQ a.m., the second roundtable session will take place at New Hope Elementary School. Chair Carey said that the jurisdictions will be asked to participate with small amounts of funding far this plan. Chair Carey introduced Commissioner Foushee as the newest County Commissioner. Commissioner Foushee said that, after hearing about the reclamation of water, she does see an opportunity far the CHCCS with Recreation and Parks to talk about this in terms of the school site. CHCCS has used reclaimed water in the last two schools that were built. Joal Hall Braun said that the third high school has a lot of water reclamation features. Bill Strom said that the stormwater at Southern Park is to be used for irrigating fields. Regarding the Adams Tract, he said that Chapel Hill is in the process of hiring an engineer to come up with a concept plan for the Upper Bolin Greenway, which would make its way towards the Adams Tract. E. Rotation of Assembly of Governments Meeting Planning Joal Hall Braun volunteered the Town of Carrboro to host a meeting before she leaves the board, and she will talk to her board about this. She said that Diana McDuffie, who could not be here tonight, would like to see items on the AOG agenda that relate to all jurisdictions, (i.e. affordable housing, traffic, making requests to state legislators, etc.). She said that Carrboro would like to see results from these meetings. Chair Carey said that this body is not intended to be adecision-making group. He said that Orange County would accept Carrboro's hosting a meeting.