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hours a week for seven weeks, primarily during the summer. Because of the need the program 1 coordinator continued on a voluntary basis through February 2018. 2 3 Based on our experience, it became clear early on that the Center Manager can't keep the 4 Center open while trying to coordinate programs and activities with other groups. The 5 administrative assistant's hours are insufficient for the clerical and records management 6 workload; and we proposed increasing this positon to 20 hours per week. To ensure that the 7 Center is staffed fully at all times we proposed increasing the program coordinator hours to at 8 least 20 hours a week year-round. This would relieve the Center Manager of trying to be in two 9 or more places at a time. 10 11 We tried to make these human resource changes within the existing allocation by reducing other 12 areas in the budget. However, we were not able to accomplish this, which resulted in a budget 13 request of22% or $18,714 above the current allocation. The other budget line items are fairly 14 self-explanatory. We may be able to reduce these items ftu1her if we can maintain the proposed 15 staffing, contract services, and summer program budgets. 16 17 18 We recognize the many demands on the County and the limited resources available to meet 19 these demands. We understand that the County cannot continuously support initiatives like this 20 forever; nor do we expect this. To this end, we have established a Fundraising Committee that is in 21 the process of developing various fundraising strategies to move United Voices of Efland Cheeks 22 toward a more financially sustainable future. 23 24 We look forward to further discussions with you on our budget request for FY 2018-19 and how we 25 can make the Efland Cheeks Community Center the jewel it was envisioned to be for the community. 26 27 Sincerely, 28 Elvira Mebane 29 President 30 31 Robert Dowling said he is with Community Home Trust (CHT), and he thanked the 32 Board for all of its support for the non-profits in Orange County. He said he is grateful for all of 33 the support CHT gets from all of the government entities, and CHT will have 10 sales this year. 34 He said there is a new home closing on Homestead Road very soon, which is in an over 55 35 development. He said CHT has a benefactor that donated $400,000 along with some 36 fundraising, and CHT can now purchase 2 affordable homes in this development. He said CHT 37 has 257 homes in its home ownership inventory, and 59 rental homes. He said CHT purchased 38 a rental development in Carrboro last year, called The Landings. He said CHT took ownership 39 of this property in December 2017, and is working to turn it around. He said there have been 40 expected bumps along the way. He said CHT will continue its work, and is grateful for the 41 ongoing support of the BOCC. 42 43 4. Adjournment 44 45 A motion was made by Commissioner Burroughs, seconded by Commissioner McKee to 46 adjourn the public hearing at 7:48 p.m. 47 48 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 49 50 Penny Rich, Vice-Chair 51