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5 Strong Fathers Program, which is a strengths based intervention program for fathers overcoming cycles of family violence. She said Behavioral Insights also provides partner abuse intervention, anger management classes, and pretrial sentencing plans. She said these programs equip participants with skills, and offer alternatives to jail time. She thanked the BOCC for its support. Elvira Mebane said she is the President of United Voices of Efland Cheeks, and thanked the Manager and the BOCC for their support. She asked if recommended funds for part time positions could be transferred to their personnel line items, so as to create a more effective and efficient use of the funds. She thanked the Manager, and asked the BOCC to approve the recommended budget. Cordelia Heaney said she is the Executive Director of the Compass Center for Women and Families, which empowers clients to navigate challenging times in their lives. She said the Center promotes social justice and gender equity through a unique array of services: workshops, teen pregnancy prevention education, community education, domestic violence court advocacy, 24 hour domestic violence hot line, etc. She said the Center serves about 5000 people annually, and thanked the BOCC for its support. She reviewed several highlights of the past year, and plans for the upcoming year. She said there is great need for the Center's services, especially pertaining to domestic violence services. Brenda McCall said she is a volunteer with Project Engage, which serves seniors and those with disabilities. She said a huge need of this population is flexible, assisted, on-demand transportation. She said medical services are increasingly de-centralized, making transportation more difficult and outside of the regular Orange Public Transit (OPT) routes. She asked the BOCC to please fund on demand transportation services. Sophie Suberan thanked the BOCC for its efforts for the community. She said she is here to speak about funds allotted for School Resource Officers. She encouraged the BOCC to consider using these funds for restorative justice purposes, rather than School Resource Officers. She said this would employ the same type of people, but shift the paradigm approach. She said this line of thinking relates to House Bill 280, and could offer partnership opportunities to bring the restorative justice process into the schools. Chris Walker said he is a veteran teacher in OCS, and has four children who have attended the schools. He thanked the BOCC for increasing the supplements this past year, and asked that the full budget be approved. He said the financial changes made by the BOCC and OCS last year allowed many people to reinvest and live in Orange County. He said he hopes this will continue. Laura Streifeld said she is the Executive Director of Preserve Rural Orange, and read the following comments: In considering the budget, Preserve Rural Orange requests County Community Relations, Planning, IT and Legal Department resources dedicated to making public information more available and accessible to citizens promptly and proactively, including the following: 1. Planning Department Postings of public documents regarding projects of interest including communications and submissions from all County departments, as they are written and submitted, searchable by key word and date. 2. Audio recordings of Board of Adjustment meetings and hearings posted online and publicly accessible immediately after each meeting. 3. Video recordings of each BOA meeting (as at BOCC meetings), with searchable agendas. 4. BOA meetings to take place one month following a BOA meeting or hearing, in order to improve minutes.