Agenda 06-18-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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17 Todd McGee said staff will utilize resources in the other governments, and ask them to 1 reach out to anyone who may have inroads with hard to reach communities. 2 Commissioner Dorosin said childcare service association should be added to the core 3 list. 4 Bonnie Hammersley said the County representatives from the various departments are 5 on there because they have list serves of faith-based communities, children, childcare, etc. 6 She said she is hearing that the Board would like to have someone else on the list from their 7 departments that have contacts in the minority communities. 8 Commissioner Marcoplos said he appreciated Commissioner Dorosin’s comments and 9 the Family Success Alliance would be a great start, and it may be a good idea to have a youth 10 or two on this core committee. 11 Commissioner Greene said the refugee community says “TBD,” and asked if clarification 12 could be provided. 13 Todd McGee said he has reached out, but has not heard back. He said this is an 14 important gap, and he will continue to pursue this. 15 Commissioner Price said the City of Chicago is putting forth millions of dollars into this 16 effort, but Orange County is only putting in $1500. She said she is hopeful that the other 17 municipalities will contribute. 18 Todd McGee said staff is thinking about a utility bill insert about the census. 19 Commissioner Bedford asked if the committee will keep the Board updated on the need 20 for more funding as its meetings get underway. 21 Chair Rich asked if Justice United should be included. She said one of the fastest 22 growing populations is the Asian American community, and suggested reaching out to Chapel 23 Hill Town Council member Hongbin Gu. She also said to reach out to the schools about 24 teaching a unit on the census. 25 26 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos 27 to approve the establishment of an Orange County Complete Count Committee–specifically 28 reaching out and recruiting non-native speaking residents to be on this core committee as 29 designees and two youth members and Katie Murray, and to be chaired by Vice Chair Renee 30 Price as recommended by Chair Penny Rich. 31 32 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 33 34 b. Comments on the Draft FY20 Work Plan for Orange County Transit Services and 35 Approval of Participation in a Commuter Rail Feasibility Study 36 The Board provided comments on the Draft FY20 Work Plan for Orange County Transit 37 Services and to consider participating in a feasibility study for commuter rail in the Triangle 38 region at a cost of $75,000. All projects in the Draft Work Plan are funded using Dedicated 39 Transit Revenues, and sufficient funding would be available to participate in the commuter rail 40 feasibility study using those funds. 41 42 Travis Myren made the following presentation: 43 44 BACKGROUND: Each year, the Staff Working Group for Orange County reviews projects 45 included in the Orange County Transit Plan and recommends a specific, annual work plan to 46 implement those projects. Like the Capital Investment Plan, the Transit Plan serves as the long 47 range framework for transit investments while the annual work plan identifies the specific 48 projects and amounts that will be budgeted for those projects in the coming fiscal year. 49 50