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15 <br /> 1 Bonnie Hammersley said the motion that was passed last week was to move the project <br /> 2 to years 1, 2 and 3, and the only way to change that is for someone who voted for this last week <br /> 3 to rescind their vote. He said the Local Government Commission (LGC) does not require a CIP <br /> 4 Plan, rather it is a best practice. She said the Board only votes on year 1, with the rest of the <br /> 5 plan being conceptual, and voted on officially in consecutive years. She said the Board <br /> 6 affirmatively voted to move the project to years 1, 2 and 3, but did not determine any offsets for <br /> 7 years 2 and 3. <br /> 8 Commissioner Dorosin said that is correct, as he understands it. <br /> 9 Commissioner Marcoplos said his understanding was that the conversation was to pick <br /> 10 up in September about the offsets for years 2 and 3. He said he is having difficulty supporting <br /> 11 the offsets in year one, because none of the Board clearly understands the implications of <br /> 12 those offsets. <br /> 13 Bonnie Hammersley said the CIP has detailed information on every project in the <br /> 14 budget, and if the Board needs more information, it should let staff know. <br /> 15 Commissioner Dorosin said he wanted to follow up on Commissioner Marcoplos' point. <br /> 16 He said he did look through the CIP very closely to find the offsetting costs he proposed, and <br /> 17 he is aware of the implications of these cuts. He said the decision of what to cut was not easy. <br /> 18 Commissioner Marcoplos said he wants to point out the distinction between knowing <br /> 19 what each dollar is spent on these projects versus what will happen if the projects are not <br /> 20 completed. He said he hopes the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) can have a wider <br /> 21 discussion in the fall. He said he is confident that Commissioner Dorosin did diligent work in <br /> 22 proposing the cuts that he did. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Bedford for <br /> 25 the Board to approve funding and adopt the Orange County Capital Investment Plan projects <br /> 26 for FY2020-21 (Year 1), as stated in Attachment 1. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 29 <br /> 30 <br /> 31 c. Approval of Small Business Program Modifications <br /> 32 <br /> 33 The Board considered voting to: <br /> 34 1) Establish the Small Business Fund on the County's Books and Chart of Accounts; <br /> 35 2) Approve the transfer of the remaining balance of$510,000 from the Small Business <br /> 36 bank account to the County's bank account, of which $410,000 is to be used for <br /> 37 Emergency grants to small businesses and the remaining $100,000 and any residual <br /> 38 balances to be deposited in the County's bank account; <br /> 39 3) Approve the Staff and Small Business Loan Board recommendation for the eventual <br /> 40 dissolution of the nonprofit entity named the Orange County Small Business Loan <br /> 41 Company Program; and <br /> 42 4) Approve the Staff and Small Business Loan Board recommendation to make all 11 <br /> 43 existing loans with an outstanding balance of$286,508.17 as zero interest and <br /> 44 subsequent Small Business Loans as zero interest. <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Gary Donaldson, Chief Financial Officer, presented the item below: <br /> 47 <br /> 48 BACKGROUND: <br /> 49 In December 1997, the BOCC approved Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws establishing the <br /> 50 nonprofit Orange County Small Business Loan (SBL) Company. Staff and the Small Business <br />