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5 <br /> Travis Myren said he suggested the percentage route because that is what has been <br /> done before for other programs, such as the Partnership to end Homelessness, and at this <br /> point the Article 46 tax is not allocated by jurisdictions. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she thought that the evaluation committee should loosely <br /> take into consideration that the funding is spread geographically around the County, and that <br /> there is probably more need than money. She said there should not be a cluster in any one <br /> part of the County. <br /> Travis Myren said staff can communicate this to the evaluation committee. <br /> Commissioner McKee agreed. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if there are specific criteria the committee will be using. <br /> Travis Myren said this will be a special case. He said when this committee is evaluating <br /> current loans, their criteria are much more stringent and may be less stringent for this <br /> emergency situation. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he thinks it makes sense to consider distributing the funds <br /> to the towns closest to the people since this is an emergency situation. He thinks Carrboro's <br /> request is reasonable. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said he does not think they need to break down the monies <br /> into percentages and let the committee decide using geographical spread. <br /> Commissioner McKee said he would not be favor of breaking down the funding by <br /> percentages. They should honor the way this program was set up and to communicate their <br /> intent to honor it geographically. <br /> Commissioner Greene said should they consider"playing" with the composition of the <br /> evaluation team with representatives from the municipalities, and, again, this is for "for-profit" <br /> businesses who are concerned about what is happening to their bottom line. <br /> Commissioner Price said the committee could have Economic Development <br /> representatives from the towns on the committee. She also suggested possibly using a two-tier <br /> system, which would give the monies to the towns to make the first pick, and if they run out of <br /> the money they would pick up the funding. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he is raising this issue primarily because the Town of <br /> Carrboro (TOC) requested the Board's consideration. He said if the other towns do not want <br /> any funding, then so be it. He said honoring this request does not mean that they have to do it <br /> for Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. He said he did not realize that the committee was not <br /> weighing the criteria out quantitatively. <br /> Chair Rich said her understanding was there would be a time for all applications to be in, <br /> and the committee will review them and if they were profitable before this crisis hit, and they <br /> have the required documentation, then they get funding. She said there will not be any <br /> prioritizations. <br /> Chair Rich said the maximum loan could go lower than $20,000. <br /> Chair Rich said Carrboro has talked about prioritizing businesses that are forced to shut <br /> down. <br /> Chair Rich said the Board should consider Carrboro's request, because Carrboro may <br /> have businesses that come to them for a revolving loans, and then the County. She said, this <br /> way, Carrboro could take the one big pot of money and dole it out. <br /> Chair Rich suggested giving a municipality a flat out grant and letting the municipality <br /> disburse it. <br /> Commissioner McKee said this is not the first time that a municipality has requested to <br /> split off this revenue stream, and it will set a precedent and expectation. He does not want the <br /> Board to do this by percentages or a tier system. <br />