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5 <br /> Chair Rich said the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Mayors were invited to the Department of <br /> Transportation (DOT) luncheon meeting, and meeting notes have been issued. <br /> Chair Rich said the following day she went to Carrboro Elementary School, and greeted <br /> students. <br /> Chair Rich said she, Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Marcoplos and <br /> Commissioner Greene attended the 10-year celebration at Northside, along with the CEF <br /> graduation. <br /> Chair Rich said she also attended the Community Dinner. <br /> Chair Rich said last night she, Commissioner Marcoplos and Commissioner Greene <br /> celebrated the OCS teacher of the year, Kelly Arnold. <br /> Chair Rich said she and the mayors had their quarterly meeting today, and she will send <br /> out her notes. <br /> Chair Rich said OWASA sent the Board a letter about Senate Bill 536, and House Bill <br /> 570, which would add a dollar each month to both water and sewer accounts, but would never <br /> come back to benefit OWASA or its customers. She read a portion of the letter, and asked the <br /> Board if it wants her to send a letter or resolution against this bill. She said this sounds like <br /> extortion of counties that do not have distressed systems, but will still have to pay for those that <br /> do. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said he would be favor of sending a letter to support OWASA. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he would like more information about this, and whether <br /> these funds will be distributed to those communities that are underfunded. <br /> Chair Rich said it is not necessarily to underfunded areas, but rather to distressed <br /> systems. She said OWASA will never be a distressed system, and therefore, will never benefit <br /> from these funds. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said as residents of the state, one could argue that all benefit <br /> when everyone has access to clean water and sewer. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said a large corporation would pay one dollar, but so would her <br /> own household. She said this is not equitably distributed like a tax might be. <br /> Chair Rich said she would work with John Roberts on this. <br /> Chair Rich said the Board of Adjustment (BOA) in Chapel Hill added two more positions <br /> to their committee, which have been difficult to fill. She said the Board needs to think what it <br /> may want to do about this: keep those two seats, or fill those seats with other persons other <br /> than JPA and ETJ. She said meetings often do not have a quorum, which is difficult. <br /> Chair Rich said recordings of BOA meetings were initiated during concerns about The <br /> Barn meetings. She said the BOA meetings are scheduled monthly, and are often cancelled <br /> right before the meeting. She said there are very few people in attendance at these meetings, <br /> but in order to create video, the meeting must occur in this large room in the Whitted facility, and <br /> this room is in high demand. She said the contractors who are scheduled to video these <br /> meetings are repeatedly losing revenue on a last minute basis. She said she recommends to <br /> only having audio recordings moving forward that can be posted online. She petitioned the <br /> Board to discuss this at a future meeting. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin suggested using Facebook live, or have the meetings videotaped <br /> with a stationary camera. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said the challenge with audio only is that one cannot always <br /> know who is speaking, etc. He would question how useful an audio only is. <br /> Chair Rich asked if staff would come up with some options for future Board discussion. <br /> 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations <br /> a. Older Americans Month Proclamation <br />