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10/23/18 <br /> 4 <br /> Commissioner Renee Price <br /> Mayor Tom Stevens <br /> Hillsborough Town Commissioner Matt <br />Hughes <br /> Rick Bruton (Cardinal Innovations) <br /> Board of Health Member Tim Smith <br /> Organizations Present <br /> NAMI Orange <br /> Cardinal Innovations <br /> Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense <br /> OCHD Counseling Services <br /> El Futuro <br /> Orange County Strong <br /> WHIT’s <br /> Safe Kids OC <br />• The Access committee, last year, sponsored the County’s first <br />Try Transit Week, and recommended the county taking that <br />process over once they hired a Transportation Demand Manager. <br />That position was hired and that activity was consumed by the <br />County! The committee continues to support and the Demand <br />Manager sits on the Access committee. Try Transit Week was <br />held the week of September 17th and the Transit Academy was <br />held October 5, 2018 (rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence) <br />• The Physical Activity & Nutrition committee has members who <br />are volunteering with Orange County Schools to implement the <br />CATCH Program within the afterschool program for 3 <br />elementary schools. The director of the afterschool program is a <br />member of the Physical Activity & Nutrition Committee, where <br />the request was asked. <br />• The CATCH Program was something funded through the BOH. <br />• The 3 schools participating in the CATCH program are <br />o Central Elementary <br />o Efland Cheeks Global Elementary <br />o New Hope Elementary <br />o Committee volunteers are volunteering the 3rd <br />Tuesday of every month and that will continue <br />through 2018. New schools will be selected next <br />semester <br />o The first date was October 16, 2018