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3 1 group, both attending and presenting. He said, when hoping to have greater diversity, one 2 must be cognizant of location, time of event and having diverse presenters. 3 Commissioner McKee arrived at 7:15 p.m. 4 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the HB2 law, and said the bill was repealed and 5 replaced with something else that said local governments would continue to be preemptive until 6 December 1, 2020. He petitioned the Board to develop an anti-discrimination ordinance that 7 includes all range of provisions and protected classes, and adopted it as soon as possible with 8 a date effective of December 1 or 2, 2020. 9 Chair Rich said she attended the JCPC meeting, where it was reported that staff are 10 seeing 55% of African Americans, 17% Latino, 17% white, 10% multiracial, and 1% Asian 11 getting suspended for repetitive fighting. She said this group is also is concerned about the 12 Medicaid reformation and it is unsure how the "raise the age" will impact funds for services. 13 She said there is a lot of confusion among families, and the Department of Social Services 14 (DSS) is helping to make sense of things. 15 Chair Rich said she went to the Big Bold Ideas meeting, organized by the Chamber of 16 Commerce. She said 450 ideas were whittled down to three: affordable housing, youth master 17 plan to close the opportunity gap, and innovation hub and workforce. 18 Chair Rich said Economic Development Director Steve Brantley asked her to tell the 19 Board that Medline did not build its building yet, but won an award for the building's concept 20 plan, as it is a LEED platinum building facility, with over 50% of its energy coming from solar 21 panels. She said this building won the "impact of the year" category. 22 Chair Rich said she and Commissioner Greene attended the ABB groundbreaking, 23 which is another great partnership with Mebane. 24 Chair Rich said members of the BOCC were talking to Paul Jones about the County's 25 website navigation. She said Paul Jones recommended contacting Laurie Hight at the School 26 of Government, and ask that her class do a user experience of the County's website. She said 27 this is a petition, and ideally this would be done this before the semester starts. 28 Chair Rich said the Pauli Murray awards are on February 23, 2020. She asked if this 29 information could be put on the front page of the County's website. 30 Commissioner McKee said the ABB facility is the only place he has watched metal 31 printing. He said there is a lot of cutting edge work being done at this business. 32 Commissioner McKee wished everyone a Happy Holiday. 33 Commissioner Greene said there is a forum on Saturday Dec. 14: "Where Do We Go 34 From Here? A Community Forum on Criminal Justice Reform in Orange County." Hours are 1-5 35 p.m. at Chapel Hill Public Library. 36 Commissioner Price said the National Association for the Advancement of Colored 37 People (NAACP) will be present as well. 38 39 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 40 41 a. Proclamation Recognizing the Chapel Hill High School Women's Volleyball Team 42 for Winning the 2019 State 3A Championship 43 The Board considered voting to approve a Proclamation recognizing the Chapel Hill 44 High School Women's Volleyball Team for winning the 2019 State 3A Championship and 45 authorize the Chair to sign. 46 47 BACKGROUND: The Chapel Hill High School Women's Volleyball Team won the State 3A title 48 with its victory in the state finals on November 9, 2019. 49 50 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS