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I <br />criminal issues). Furthermore, those factors are not considered by the loan approval committee when meeting <br />to decide on an applicant's creditworthiness. <br />Current loan activity includes eleven (11) individuals /small businesses that have either received an application, <br />have submitted all or parts of the required documentation, or have reached the final review stage with the <br />loan committee. Of these 11 applicants, there are 2 minority applicants (both male), 8 female applicants, and <br />1 brother /sister applicant. <br />Orange County Economic Development continues to market the loan program with a goal to increase overall <br />loan activity, expand the diversity of applicants and borrowers, and propose amendments to the loan <br />program's current Policies & Procedures (via the loan programs' board of directors), as requested by the <br />BOCC. The office is eager to pursue the BOCC's & Manager's direction in this regard. <br />Steve Brantley <br />Director, Orange County Economic Development <br />