Agenda - 05-05-20; 8-a - Minutes

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3 be taking more than a wheelbarrow of household of C&D. He asked if he could receive more 1 information on hours and what the SWCCs will accept. 2 Commissioner Price said many thanks to all who are caring for each other. 3 Commissioner Price said the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners 4 (NCACC) and National Association of Counties (NACo) are lobbying for counties to get direct 5 funding during this pandemic, as opposed of the funding going through the state. 6 Commissioner Price said the Chamber of Commerce is doing what it can to help small 7 businesses apply for loans. 8 Commissioner Price said the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has an item on 9 the ABC Board in its Information Items, and Commissioner Dorosin, not her, is now the Board 10 representative to the ABC Board. She said when the Board receives reports from the ABC 11 Board, she would also like to know the requested fund amounts versus the amounts that are 12 received. 13 Commissioner Price said she solicited information from Steve Brantley, Economic 14 Development Director, about how local farmers are doing and they seem to be doing quite well. 15 Commissioner Marcoplos said he and Chair Rich met with Sig Hutchinson from the 16 Wake County Orange County Board of Commissioners about greenways, as well as and 17 Charles Flynn, Owner, Greenways, Inc. He said many municipalities have signed a resolution 18 committing to connect intelligently with other greenways, which he would like the BOCC to 19 support as well. He said he will send the resolution to staff. 20 Commissioner Marcoplos referenced the community garden grant program, and said 21 the County should re-publicize it. He said he would like a report on this grant and its success. 22 Commissioner Dorosin said he had a petition and two reports. 23 Commissioner Dorosin said he thought the Board should consider an Orange County 24 Centralized Recovery Office, with a dedicated staff person to head it up to coordinate all of the 25 recovery efforts: tracking funds, prioritization of funds, etc. that will be made over the next 6-12 26 months. He said this could be useful for the County and for residents, and serve as a one- stop 27 shop. He suggested issuing Orange County recovery bonds: low interest yield bonds one 28 would buy from the County, and all the resources would go into these recovery funds. He said 29 this would need to be done quickly, and would be similar to war bonds. He said staff would 30 need to find out legally if the County can do this. 31 Commissioner Dorosin said he attended an ABC Board meeting today, and a question 32 was raised as to when the BOCC will be making appointments to the ABC Board. 33 Commissioner Dorosin said there has been an increase in alcohol sales in Orange 34 County during this pandemic. He said the ABC has made a lot of efforts toward safety and 35 cleaning of its stores, and the ABC Board approved a $2 raise for all employees, except the 36 highest tier. 37 Commissioner Dorosin said Durham Tech’s search for a new president is moving 38 forward, and he will be following up with the BOCC on some of the qualities that it hopes to see 39 in the new president for Durham Tech, which he will share with the search committee. 40 Chair Rich said there was a request to review the ¼ cents climate mitigation tax rubric, 41 and she asked Commissioner Price, Commissioner Greene and Commissioner Marcoplos to do 42 so by June 2nd. 43 Chair Rich said the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) minutes would be going out 44 as soon as she reviews them. 45 Chair Rich said the EOC is starting to talk about recovery, re-entry, homelessness and 46 food. 47 Chair Rich said she continues to talk with the Mayors and the School Board Chairs and 48 they are collaborating with their partners. 49 50 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 51