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10 <br /> 1 schools and community leaders to launch a summer meal program at Gateway <br /> 2 Village Apartments, which is located in zone 4 of the FSA. <br /> 3 o Partnering with University of North Carolina (UNC) health promotion and disease <br /> 4 prevention to pilot on line the Go Napsack Tool in Orange County. <br /> 5 o Syringe exchange now located in both Health Departments. <br /> 6 o All four law enforcement agencies in Orange County now carrying naloxone. <br /> 7 o Completed a mental health gap analysis. <br /> 8 o Successfully launched an integrative and behavioral health services and Health <br /> 9 Department clinic <br /> 10 o Smoke free public places rule evaluated, and showed continued improvement in <br /> 11 the percent of residents who are aware of this rule. E-cigarettes will likely be <br /> 12 included in this rule shortly. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 • Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors: Rosemary Waldorf, Chair <br /> 15 She said tourism in Orange County has grown from $54 million/year in 1993 to $184 <br /> 16 million in 2015. She said the County has over 2.5 million overnight visitors per year, and the <br /> 17 industry has created 1,850 jobs, and tourism is successful because of the Board of County <br /> 18 Commissioners. <br /> 19 She said a consultant has been hired to do a study that looked at conference center <br /> 20 facilities and indoor sports facilities, and the BOCC, and all other elected officials in the County, <br /> 21 will be invited to their meeting for this presentation on May 24th at 8:00 a.m. She said there will <br /> 22 be conclusions from this study in July, and surmised that anything that goes forward from this <br /> 23 study will probably need a private public partnership. <br /> 24 She said 7,000 people came through the Visitors Center last year. She said the visitors' <br /> 25 center has no position on whether the facility should move to the old town hall, as that is a <br /> 26 Town and County decision to make. <br /> 27 She said a large part of their budget is spent on marketing, and they do a lot of <br /> 28 partnering with the Towns. She said the National Association of Travel Journalists convention <br /> 29 will be held in southern Orange County, the securing of which was a true countywide effort. <br /> 30 She said HB2 has hurt them a lot. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 • Board of Social Services: Tamara Dempsey-Tanner, Chair/Nancy Coston, Director <br /> 33 Tamara Dempsey reviewed the following highlights: <br /> 34 o Local- employment services program (café); continues to work with NC FAST; <br /> 35 energy program and child welfare; they serve between 15,000-20,000 clients; <br /> 36 o State level- improvement plan- waiting for results; <br /> 37 o Federal level- moving target on federal level such as funding, etc. <br /> 38 o Staff works diligently to insure families receive prompt service. Department of <br /> 39 Social Services (DSS) is serving between 15,000 and 20,000. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Commissioner Jacobs asked if the department's employment capabilities are sufficient <br /> 42 to cover those on Medicaid being required to work. <br /> 43 Nancy Coston said more staff would probably be needed to address these issues. She <br /> 44 said processing something like that would take a great deal of time. <br /> 45 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there is an estimate for the number of additional clients <br /> 46 that may need to be served, and if she would share this information with their Congressman. <br /> 47 Nancy Coston said she does not have this readily available but will get that information. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 • Commission for the Environment: Vice Chair Bill Kaiser and Peter Sandbeck <br />