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I The mission of The Orange County MDT is to facilitate a well- coordinated, systematic response <br />2 to child maltreatment that optimizes child health and well -being through enhanced inter - agency <br />3 communication, child focused case planning, and efficient and precise investigation and <br />4 prosecution. <br />5 <br />6 Our team is comprised of a representative from Division of Juvenile Justice; Office of the <br />7 Guardian ad Litem; Orange /Chatham Counties District Attorney's Office; Orange County <br />8 Department of Social Services; Orange County Public and Charter Schools; UNC Healthcare; <br />9 Orange County Sheriff's Department; Local Municipal Police Departments; Orange County <br />10 Rape Crisis Center; and the Compass Center for Women and Families. All of us share in a <br />11 passion for and commitment to the safety and health of all children while promoting strong and <br />12 healthy families. It is for this reason that, in addition to our full -time jobs, we are also committed <br />13 to meeting monthly for two hours to develop the MDT and review cases. <br />14 <br />15 In the past 7 months, we have come to realize that there are significant gaps in the quality of <br />16 services our team is able to provide. This is due, primarily, to the priorities of our full -time jobs. <br />17 Having a sole focus on the duties of the coordinator position and no direct attachment to <br />18 involved agencies, an MDT Coordinator would fill these gaps. It is for this reason that we ask <br />19 the Orange County Board of Commissioners to consider creating a county- funded MDT position <br />20 in Orange County and for your support and guidance in moving forward. Thank you. <br />21 <br />22 Diana McDuffie is a member of the Friends of the public library of Carrboro, McDougle <br />23 and Cybrary. She expressed appreciation for the diligent work of the Board on the Southern <br />24 Branch Library. She reviewed the timeline of this work, up to the identification of the final site, <br />25 Brewer Lane. She said the overall response from the public input process to the Board of <br />26 County Commissioners was yes to a community library and yes to the Brewer Lane site. She <br />27 thanked the Board for this input process, and she said the community supports their efforts and <br />28 looks forward to seeing the end of this story in 2015. She noted that several members of the <br />29 friends group were in attendance. <br />30 <br />31 Janel Sexton said her statement is regarding an issue with impervious surface in <br />32 Orange County. Her family purchased a 10 acre property in Orange County and thought they <br />33 understood the impervious surface regulations. She reviewed her situation, as outlined in the <br />34 following letters and emails: <br />35 <br />36 Janel Sexton (letter) <br />37 Janel & Bryan Sexton <br />38 224 Whirlaway Lane <br />39 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br />40 (919) 942 -2229 <br />41 <br />42 October 26, 2014 <br />43 <br />44 Dear County Commissioners: <br />45 <br />46 My family moved from out of state to Chapel Hill in 2010. We were very excited to find a house <br />47 on a 10 acre lot that we could afford. With four small children we thought it would be the perfect <br />48 backdrop for an active and happy childhood. Before the house closing, we were informed that <br />49 our lot had 493 square feet of impervious surface left to use. Although this was a new concept <br />50 to us, we thought we understood what we were agreeing to and didn't anticipate a problem, as <br />