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25 Commissioner McKee said he will vote for this motion, but he will continue to try and find 1 a way to delay these other projects, due to budget constraints. 2 3 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 4 5 c. Framework for 2018 Orange County Economic Development Summit 6 The Board considered voting to approve and authorize staff to proceed with a 7 framework option allowing staff time to plan the event and to hire any outside 8 consultants/planners needed; and to identify one or more of the topics to be discussed in 9 conjunction with the selected option. 10 11 Todd McGee, Communications Director, reviewed the following information: 12 13 BACKGROUND: 14 The Board of County Commissioners appropriated $30,000 in the FY 2017-18 budget from the 15 Article 46 sales tax to host an Economic Development Summit. Staff solicited potential topics 16 from the BOCC in February and has developed three options based around that feedback. 17 18 Option 1: Summit on the Hill 19 In conjunction with WCHL radio (1360 AM and 97.9 FM), this would be a live discussion about 20 the County’s economic development efforts focused up to four areas. The program would be 21 broadcast live on WCHL on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, from 3-7 p.m. during the drive-time 22 hours, which would provide maximum audience. The radio station’s programming is also live-23 streamed via its website, which would make it accessible to people throughout Orange County. 24 25 One hour of programming would be devoted to each of four topics (a different topic each hour) 26 with unique panels of experts, including members of the Board of Commissioners and local 27 stakeholders, to discuss and respond to questions from listeners. All the programming would be 28 archived on WCHL’s website (Chapelboro.com), providing a Listen on Demand option that 29 could be promoted for the rest of the year. 30 31 WCHL would conduct extensive promotion in the six weeks leading up to the event, including 32 creating a social media hashtag to provide the community an avenue to submit questions and 33 comments before and during the broadcast. The County would also extensively promote the 34 event through social media, the website and electronic publications. Panelists would be able to 35 respond in realtime to comments submitted by listeners. After the event, WCHL would host a 36 reception with other community leaders at University Mall. 37 38 The radio station would handle all logistics (reaching out to panelists, coordinating 39 appearances, recording promos, etc.) for the program and for the reception afterwards. 40 41 This option provides an opportunity to spread the message of the County’s economic 42 development efforts to a wider audience. Members of the BOCC would have the opportunity to 43 interact directly with residents through the social media component and/or questions called in 44 during the show. Pre-recorded segments from individuals who have received Arts Commission 45 or Economic Development grants or started out in the Piedmont Food and Agricultural 46 Processing Center (PFAP) or LAUNCH would highlight local successes, emphasizing the 47 County’s efforts to boost local businesses and start-ups. 48 49 Option 2: A live event to be held in the fall 50