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M E M B E R S P R E S E N T <br />STAFF <br />Marc Xavier <br />Monica Richard <br />James Davis <br />Rollin Russell <br />Gerald Ponder <br />Pamela Reynolds <br />Alan Jefferies <br />Natalie Turner <br />Andrea Jones <br />G U E S T S <br />Tod Puckett <br />Robin Criffield <br />Andy Cagle <br />Ross Holloway <br />Excused Absence: Jamie Paulen, Christine Kelly - Kleese, Vanessa Soled, Matthew Hughes and Doris Brunson <br />Unexcused Absence: Jilan Li and Joyce Preslar <br />L Call To Order <br />Vice -Chair Gerald Ponder called the meeting to order at 6:07p.m. <br />II. Introductions <br />Guests Tod Puckett, Robin Criffield, Andy Cagle and Ross Holloway introduced themselves to <br />the board. The member introduced themselves and welcomed each guest to the meeting. Each <br />guest is an applicant to the board. <br />III. Minutes Approval <br />The members reviewed the February, 2015 minutes. There being no quorum, the minutes were <br />not approved. The members did not propose changes to the minutes as drafted. <br />IV. County Updates <br />James Davis informed the attendees of the progress made in gathering information for the <br />County's Analysis of Impediments (AI) and Affordable Housing Consolidated Plan (Plan). <br />Dates of the scheduled public listening sessions were shared, and a survey was distributed to <br />each member and guest. <br />James provided an update of the BOCC's vote on legislative matters to be proposed. The issue <br />of adding LGBT as a protected class under the Civil Rights Ordinance was not selected for <br />legislative proposal. The members discussed this matter. James explained that while this issue <br />was on the list of about 23 possible legislative topics, the BOCC could only recommend a <br />handful of topics. <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />