Agenda - 01-22-2019 8-a - Minutes

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26 1 Chair Rich said she has found that the County is not consistent with the towns on 2 several issues regarding housing. 3 Bonnie Hammersley said County staff meets monthly with the Towns of Chapel Hill, 4 Hillsborough and Carrboro's Housing Directors and Managers. She said are all aware of this 5 local program, and there was interest at one time on the part of the Town of Chapel Hill but 6 there has been a changeover in management. She said staff will continue this conversation. 7 Commissioner Greene said this particular conversation may only need to include Chapel 8 Hill, and it would be helpful to have a thorough and thoughtful review of this one policy, with the 9 involvement elected officials. 10 Commissioner Dorosin said this is exciting and echoed Commissioner Greene's 11 comments. He said he would like to come up with another name or acronym for this program, 12 as OCLRSP is cumbersome. He suggested OCRA: Orange County Rental Assistance, or 13 something else that is catchy, and easy to market and remember. 14 Other Commissioners noted that there is already a program with the acronym OCRA 15 (Orange County Rural Assistance). 16 Commissioner Dorosin said the point remains, and this program must be promoted. He 17 said it is a great program. 18 Commissioner Greene commended all of the hard work that had gone into this program 19 and policy: 20 21 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price for the 22 Board to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign a resolution: 23 24 1) Approving the proposed guidelines for the OC Local Rent Supplement Program; and 25 2) Authorizing the County Manager to execute the necessary agreement with the Orange 26 County Housing Authority after consultation with the County Attorney. 27 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 29 30 b. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions Assignments 31 The Board considered selecting the Boards and Commissions on which Board members 32 would like to serve going into 2019. 33 Chair Rich said the Board changed this process last year: the intragovernmental boards 34 would be 2 one-year terms; and the regional boards would be 4 one-year terms. She said there 35 are a few other snags that should be reviewed at a later date, but tonight the Commissioners 36 will just choose boards. She said the reasoning behind the duration of service on the various 37 boards is due to some boards have large learning curves, and it makes sense to serve longer 38 than just one year. She said the process starts with the most senior commissioner choosing 39 first. 40 Commissioner Bedford said she would like to know the responsibilities and expectations 41 of some of these boards. 42 Chair Rich said the Commissioners are liaisons to these boards, and the first 43 responsibility it to attend the meetings of these boards. She said if one cannot attend, one 44 should inform the Clerk who would see if anyone else can attend. 45 Chair Rich said sometimes members give updates during Commissioner comments at 46 BOCC meetings, or by email if the update is particularly long in nature. 47 Chair Rich asked if John Roberts would clarify the importance of not having more than 48 three Board of County Commissioners members at a meeting.