Agenda - 04-07-20; 8-a - Minutes

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4 1 the reason he is petitioning as such, is because this issue is a larger issue and tonight's arts 2 moment spoke to civil discourse, and the County needs to have a discussion that includes the 3 public. 4 Commissioner Bedford said the County's Spring Job Fair will be held on March 25t" at 5 the Department of Social Services' (DSS) Building in Hillsborough. 6 Commissioner Greene said, last week, she spoke at the News of Orange County open 7 house with the fairly new editor. She said this new editor is active and a breath of life to the 8 paper. 9 Commissioner Greene said she attended a breakfast at the Schley Grange. 10 Commissioner Price attended the National Association of Counties' (NACo) legislative 11 conference, and the lack of broadband in rural areas was a large point of discussion. She said 12 the FCC maps are deceptive and lacking, and NACo has presented this data to the FCC. 13 Commissioner Price said she received an email that Legal Aid is holding a free criminal 14 record expunction clinic on March 30tn 15 Commissioner Price said she would like to see more expedited action on some of the 16 Commissioner petitions, as some seem to lag more than others. 17 Commissioner Price thanked Gary Donaldson for tonight's information items. 18 Commissioner Marcoplos referred to the climate tax, and the observation that it was a 19 last minute proposal, and said he brought it up several weeks before the end of the budget 20 season, got information to the media, and had several meetings where people came and spoke 21 for or against it. He said, in contrast, Commissioner Bedford proposed a school tax on the very 22 last day of the budget, allowing no time for discussion. 23 Commissioner Marcoplos said at the February 11t" meeting, Patrick Abele, CHCCS, 24 discussed remodeling and redistricting options. He said he asked the schools for a report on 25 this, and Patrick Abele said he would bring information to the joint meeting on February 25, but 26 he did not. He asked if staff would request that CHCCS provide this information to the Board 27 as soon as possible. 28 Commissioner Marcoplos said early voting was really long and there were many days 29 when very few people came. He said he wonders if just as many voters could come within a 30 reduced time frame, going from 14 days to 8. He petitioned for the Board of Elections to 31 research this idea, and see if costs could be saved, but turnouts remain the same, by reducing 32 the number of days. 33 Chair Rich said a few years ago the Board asked staff to divest from fossil fuels, but 34 there were issues with the state. She said she would like an update on this topic, and would 35 like to write a letter to the Governor if the State is still involved in these investments. 36 Chair Rich said the Managers/Mayors/Chairs (MMC) minutes from the last Greene Tract 37 meeting will be in the next business meeting agenda, as an information item, and John Roberts 38 has led the discussion on the Greene Tract. She said some changes were made to the draft, 39 many of which had to do with clarifications. 40 Chair Rich referred to Board petitions, and said staff must have enough time to come 41 back with appropriate information. 42 43 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 44 45 a. Proclamation Recognizing the 100th Year Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to 46 the United States Constitution 47 The Board considered voting to approve a proclamation recognizing the 100th 48 Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution and authorizing the Chair 49 to sign. 50