Minutes 03-07-2019 Regular Meeting

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3 Commissioner Price said the Community and Economic and Workforce Development steering committee continues to push for increases to funding to CDBG and HOME Commissioner Price said the NACo Justice and Public Safety steering committee passed a resolution to support bail reform, and she also moderated a panel and was able to share what Orange County is doing in this area. Commissioner Price said the Board received an email about Government IDs being used for voter ID, and she asked if the Attorney had an update. John Roberts said this did not require Board approval, and is being taken care of administratively. Commissioner Price said it is important for the County to help people vote in any way it can. Commissioner Price said she was requested to ask for a proclamation to commend the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on its 110th anniversary, as well as its anti-lynching efforts. Commissioner Greene said she will be attending a Climate Reality Corps Conference in Atlanta next week. Commissioner Bedford said Go Heels! Commissioner Dorosin said there is a petition to recall several members of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools' (CHCCS) school board, and the CHCCS Chair, Margaret Samuels, has already resigned. He said the other two officials' terms are up in November, and he sees no reason for the community be put through a recall with the election around the corner. He said this is a poor use of resources: $84-130,000 for a recall election. He said he loves democracy, but this is an unfortunate way to go. He said he hoped their colleagues on the school board do not appoint people to fill empty seats, but rather wait until the election. Chair Rich said she agreed with Commissioner Dorosin, and thanked CHCCS Chair Samuels for the wonderful job she has done for Orange County. Chair Rich said the bill that Commissioner Dorosin spoke about was written in 1994, allowing anyone on the school board to be recalled for any reason. She said this bill should be revisited, as it is no longer applicable in this day and time. She said she spoke to the author of the bill over the weekend, and his intent in writing it was to make a recall difficult. Chair Rich attended the NACo conference as well, and spent her time meeting with individuals, as opposed to attending meetings. She said she too is frustrated with broadband, and she did not like seeing members of the BOCC in the same room as lobbyists. She said these should be separate meetings. She said the idea of competition continues to be pushed, which does not help the general public. Chair Rich asked if staff could provide more information about an area in Carrboro at the end of Eubanks Road at Old 86. She said she received an email from a concerned citizen, and there is a petition to change a parcel there from an R1 or R2 into a flex zone. She would like to know what the flex zone means. She said this is a transitional area, and the extra-territorial jurisdictions elect the BOCC members, but the BOCC members do not create the zoning, which creates confusion. She asked if Carrboro could reiterate that it is in charge of zoning in this area, not the BOCC. Chair Rich said there was a Rogers Road/Greene tract meeting last week, and the sewer project is coming along nicely. She said it is time to think about how to fund the hook up of the homes, and this conversation will occur at an upcoming meeting. Chair Rich said the Chatham — Orange Work Group met, and Jim Northup, Chief Information Office, made a presentation on open broadband in Orange, which currently has a circle in northern and southern Orange County. She said the southern circle overlaps into Chatham County, and Jim Northrup is working with Chatham on this issue. She said she