Agenda 12-10-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 Commissioner Price said she also attended the Voluntary Ag District breakfast, and 2 sometimes one can forget that farmers are stewards of the environment, and wanted to make 3 note that they do take care of resources and take this role very seriously. 4 Commissioner Price re-petitioned for a statement to be sent to UNC to find out about 5 reducing the usage of coal. She said she wants to follow up and find out if a reduction has 6 happened since there has been a change in administration. 7 Commissioner Price said she attended board meeting of UNC students about food 8 instability, and would like to have a presentation brought to a future BOCC meeting about this 9 topic. 10 Commissioner Price thanked the North Carolina Supreme Court for including Orange 11 County on its 2001" anniversary tour, which was very interesting. She said it was good for the 12 County to have them here. 13 Commissioner Bedford said she attended the Department of Social Services (DSS) 14 Board meeting yesterday, and learned that the Medicaid transformation has been halted due 15 to lack of state funding. 16 Commissioner Bedford said Cardinal Innovations is still taking applications for the 17 Local Orange County Council or the regional council, and the deadline to apply is November 18 24. She said the Board Retreat Committee has met, and this topic has been added for the 19 retreat along with systems management. 20 Chair Rich petitioned the Board to have a proclamation at the December meeting for 21 Katherine Cheek at Schley Grange and Robert Dowling from Community Home Trust, both of 22 whom are retiring soon. 23 Chair Rich petitioned the Board to write a letter about the new White House Executive 24 Order on refugee resettlement. She said Durham recently sent a response to this Executive 25 Order, and the BOCC could use this as a guideline. She said, without a letter stating the 26 County's intention, refugees will not be able to resettle in Orange County. 27 John Roberts said the Executive Order restricts where thoroughly vetted refugees can 28 go, and governments must make an affirmative step before refugees will be allowed to 29 resettle. 30 Chair Rich said this is an important step for Orange County, as many residents have 31 moved here over the years. 32 Commissioner Price asked if this Executive Order affects the ability of churches to 33 bring people to communities. 34 John Roberts said he only aware of the Executive Order applying to local and state 35 governments, and the state has the overarching authority to allow or not allow resettlement. 36 Chair Rich said the County celebrated a new business called "Well" coming to Chapel 37 Hill today. She said Well will bring about 400 jobs to Franklin Street, and Commissioners 38 Green and Marcoplos also attended. She said the County is excited to partner with Chapel 39 Hill on this project. She said the County is really on a roll with economic development, and it 40 is important to recognize those in the Economic Development and Manager's offices, which 41 have made this progress happen. 42 43 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 44 45 a. Driving is Exhausting Campaign 46 47 BACKGROUND: The student-led Driving Is Exhausting campaign attempted to spark 48 awareness about the links between transportation, health and climate change. Yard signs were 49 posted on all Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools campuses from October 28 through November 50 10, 2019, encouraging drivers to turn off their cars when waiting for more than 10 seconds.