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2 1 Chris Kubica read one of his poems. 2 3 2. Public Comments 4 5 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 6 Corey Williams said he is a Public Information Officer (PIO) for the US Small Business 7 Administration (SBA) Office of Disaster Assistance. He said Orange County was added to the 8 list on October 15, 2018 to be eligible for grant assistance because of Hurricane Florence. He 9 said this allows any resident (business, homeowner, renter, or non-profit) to be eligible for grant 10 assistance and low interest loans. He said the UCF — UNC game was canceled due to the 11 hurricane, and the Town of Chapel Hill lost monies from tourism revenue. He said SBA offers 12 Economic Injury Disaster loans, which provides working capital to business owners to sustain 13 themselves throughout the recovery period. He said they offer low interest disaster loans to 14 homeowners, up to $200,000 to repair/replace disaster damaged real estate, and up to $40,000 15 to repair/replace disaster damaged personal property. He said the interest rate for home loans 16 is as low as 2%, and 3.675% for the business loans. He said for all of the loans there is a 17 minimum one-year deferment. 18 Carnetta Swann read the following letter: 19 Dear Board of Commissioners, 20 The Perry Hills Community Association (PHCA) would like to thank you for approving the funds 21 for our road improvements and conditions for our subdivision. We would like to give special 22 recognition to Commissioners Renee Price and Earl McKee for their commitment and quick 23 response to address out community issues presented at the Village Circles Forum held at the 24 Efland-Cheeks community center. They personally came to the community to hear and see the 25 conditions. We also would like to thank the Planning Committee including the Commissioners, 26 NC Department of Transportation (DOT) District 7 PE, Planning and Inspection Department, 27 OC Emergency Department, OC Sheriff Department, Community Organizing Consultants, 28 NCDOT Highway Maintenance Engineer, DOT Traffic Engineer, and other departments that 29 worked together to expedite the improvements. The following improvements were completed 6 30 months ahead of schedule: 31 32 Road Improvements: 33 • Paylor Street was resurfaced including drainage of ditches, installing pipes, removed 34 trees and vegetation 35 • Lancaster Road and Shamblay Road were resurfaced 36 • Alpha Drive was partly resurfaced and DOT is revising regulations to complete Alpha 37 and Scarlett Drive 38 39 Thanks to all the departments for working together in making it a priority to respond with such 40 care that has given our community a facelift and a greater sense of pride. We look forward to 41 working with you to complete Alpha and Scarlett Drive to make it safer for our school bus routes 42 and emergency vehicles. Thanks again. 43 44 Sincerely, 45 Carnetta Swann, Committee President 46 Eileen Williamson, PHCA President 47 48 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 49 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 50 below.)