Agenda 12-02-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 Commissioner Bedford said that the Town of Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill Carrboro City 2 Schools (CHCCS) have an agreement with local pools to support Special Olympics and other 3 programs, so perhaps the County could look to them regarding the Swim for Charlie program. 4 Commissioner Bedford referred to the reported lack of diversity on the Climate Action 5 Committee, and asked if this was being addressed. She petitioned to reexamine the list of 6 appointments to add diversity to this committee. 7 Commissioner Marcoplos said a list of roster spots was sent out to the agencies and 8 governments across the County, who, in turn, made the appointments. He said there was 9 some diversity at the first meeting, and all entities are very concerned with diversity, and the 10 word has been put out there. 11 Chair Rich asked if Commissioner Bedford received the draft minutes from the last 12 meeting, and if Sherri Ingersoll could send them to Commissioner Bedford. 13 Commissioner Bedford said Governor Cooper gave an Executive Order in April 14 banning questions by state agencies on pay history. She petitioned to review Orange 15 County's HR practices and policy on this matter, and consider changes if those types of 16 questions are being asked. 17 Commissioner Bedford said she attended the recent Cardinal Innovations (CI) Board 18 meeting, and they are reorganizing as a five county Central Region Health Council, and there 19 will be a local Orange County community council. She said one must apply by November 24 20 for a seat, if interested. She requested that the County administration promote this need, and 21 possibly ask Cl to extend the deadline for the local Orange County advisory council 22 application process, to encourage better participation. 23 Commissioner McKee said he would like to echo the comments to those who ran, and 24 congratulate those who won the election. 25 Commissioner Marcoplos said the commuter rail project study is to be completed by 26 the end of the year, and in January the committee expects to have some questions 27 answered, and the study will be able to shed some light on which configurations look best. 28 He said the Hillsborough extension might be in the first phase to go to Mebane, or possibly 29 towards Johnston County. He said he is on the GoTriangle negotiating committee with the 30 NC railroad, and one of its goals is to get early commitments on the division of 31 responsibilities, and the timetable for agreements. 32 Commissioner Marcoplos said he went to the Regional Transportation Alliance (RTA) 33 event on bus rapid transit. He said several groups discussed the challenges of this in various 34 regions, and shared information, which is available on the RTA website. He said RTA has a 35 map that shows bus transit across the State, and one of the maps was for NC 54. He said 36 the Board will need to look ahead to the primaries, and see how transit can be extended to 37 get voters to the polls. 38 Commissioner Marcoplos said he also attended the recent Solid Waste Advisory 39 Group (SWAG) meeting, where they discussed organic recycling options and a possible 40 textile-recycling program. 41 Commissioner Price thanked all who put together the Farm to School tour. She said it 42 was a great opportunity to allow children to understand agriculture and the environment. She 43 said she also attended a tour of the Chapel Hill High School renovations, which was very 44 exciting. She reminded everyone of the upcoming Veterans Day programs, including the 45 Saturday grappling tournament, and Monday's Veterans memorial program with David Price. 46 Commissioner Price congratulated all who ran and won elections. She said she spoke 47 with the Board of Elections, who will have a meeting on 12/5 to decide on the hours for 48 weekend voting for the 2020 primaries. 49 Commissioner Dorosin said he would like to follow up on his petition about universal 50 pre-K. He said the Board's colleagues in Durham are moving ahead with this program, and