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2 <br /> Arts Moment <br /> No Arts Moment will be available for this meeting. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> b. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br /> (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda <br /> below.) <br /> 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members <br /> Commissioner McKee had no comments. <br /> Commissioner Bedford said it would be wise to prepare the Vice Chair, as part of the <br /> process on COVID-19, in case the Chair should fall ill. <br /> Chair Rich said that would be a petition. <br /> Commissioner Greene said she is glad the Board can meet this way. She attended the <br /> Chamber of Commerce's zoom discussion, where there was a lot of interest in the small <br /> business loans. She said she was impressed the way Aaron and his staff understood the <br /> application process. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said he attended a climate change webinar today, with <br /> people from all over the country. He said it was interesting to hear all the ways this problem is <br /> being tackled, and there was a lot of interest in the County's climate council and climate tax. <br /> Commissioner Price piggybacked on Commissioner Greene's comments about the <br /> SBA grants and loans, and she has been on some town hall meetings about this as well. She <br /> said she has asked if the Chambers and Economic Development staff can help spread the <br /> word, and they can, but people will have to go directly to the lender. <br /> Commissioner Price said she attended another local meeting about evictions, and <br /> wanted to know what was happening in Orange County in this regard. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said it would be helpful to get a periodic update on the <br /> emergency loan program, and how the County is getting the message out. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin said he has three specific petitions, with the first two being time <br /> sensitive: <br /> • He said he had previously mentioned that the ABC board is considering whether to <br /> adjust its pay scale to meet the new living wage threshold, and he fears it is leaning <br /> against because of costs in adjusting the entire scale to avoid compression. He said the <br /> Board should strongly encourage (by resolution/letter) that the ABC board to adopt the <br /> new living wage scale, even if it means a potential reduction in total funds returned to the <br /> general fund (he said he does not know that it will, since sales continue to rise). And <br /> they will need to discuss this soon as the ABC board will also be preparing their budget <br /> soon. <br /> • He said that the recent election has highlighted important electoral issues with <br /> continuing to have a multi-seat election. He said there were significant numbers of <br /> undervotes in the district 1 race, and it is also inconsistent that in non-presidential years <br /> it is a single seat race (thereby changing the nature of the election depending which year <br /> one runs). He said the Board has talked several times about revisiting the method of <br /> election, but have failed to take any votes. He said he believes the County needs to <br /> change its electoral process to eliminate the multi-district seat. He said there are various <br /> ways to do that, which have already been researched. He said since Commissioner <br /> Marcoplos already has a voting petition on the action item list, this could easily be added <br />