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12 1 The Board approved a contract renewal between the Solid Waste Department and HDR 2 Engineering, Inc. of the Carolinas for engineering and consulting services for Solid Waste 3 through June 10, 2017 and authorized the Chair to sign the agreement on behalf of the Board. 4 h. Storage Area Network Upgrade 5 The Board approved the purchase of new equipment to increase the processing capacity and 6 increase the storage capacity of the County's storage area network (SAN) while reducing the 7 annual maintenance costs and authorized the Manager to sign the agreement and any future 8 amendments. 9 i. Interlocal Agreement with OWASA for Design of Wastewater Collection System 10 Improvements in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood 11 The Board approved the Interlocal Agreement with Orange Water and Sewer Authority 12 (OWASA) for the design of the wastewater collection system improvements in the Historic 13 Rogers Road Neighborhood and authorized the Chair to sign. 14 15 7. Regular Agenda 16 17 a. Family Success Alliance Request for Social Justice Funding and Approval of 18 Budget Amendment#8-A 19 The Board considered approving Budget Amendment#8-A transferring funds from the 20 Social Justice Fund to the Family Success Alliance to 1) pilot kindergarten readiness and 21 literacy programs for at least one school in each of the pilot Family Success Alliance (FSA) 22 zones; and 2) provide initial funds to a zone partner agency for a Family Success Alliance 23 navigator in each zone. 24 Colleen Bridger, Orange County Health Department Director, said the FSA was 25 established to address a body of research that shows the consequences of children growing up 26 in poverty and that educational success can buffer these results. 27 Colleen Bridger said this Alliance was created to follow the Harlem Children's Zone and 28 related Promises Zones Neighborhoods initiative as evidence-based, successful intervention. 29 She said the FSA was established less than a year ago in Orange County and in this time an 30 advisory council has been created, service zones established, grant applications submitted, two 31 priority interventions of kindergarten readiness and literacy, as well as zone navigators to 32 connect families to the pipeline portals have been determined, and a program coordinator hired. 33 Colleen Bridger said a team just returned from the Harlem Kids Zone last week where 34 three days were spent learning about the programs and services offered there as well as the 35 philosophy that undergirds the Harlem Children's Zone. She said there were two takeaways 36 from the trip to the Harlem Children's Zone: 1.) Building trust with the community which is as 37 important as building the pipeline and will take time. 2.) The philosophy of doing whatever it 38 takes to both build the pipeline as well as working with each child individually, where they are, in 39 order to achieve success. 40 Colleen Bridger said the FSA Advisory Council is requesting to spend the remaining 41 $90,000 in the Social Justice fund on a kindergarten readiness program as well as a Zone 42 Navigator position for each zone. She thanked the Board for their on-going support and 43 commitment to insure that this project is successful. 44 Chair McKee thanked Dr. Bridger for her leadership and commitment to this effort. 45 Commissioner Burroughs said she emailed some questions to Colleen Bridger earlier 46 today and asked Colleen Bridger if she would share the information she gave in her response 47 (email below): 48 49 Question: Kick start with literacy: is there evidence from prior research on that model? If not, 50 will the pilot include a control group? Research that doesn't include a control group will not