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2 <br /> 1 Chair Price dispensed with reading the public charge. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Public Charge: The Board of Commissioners pledges its respect to all present. The Board asks <br /> 4 those attending this meeting to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner toward <br /> 5 each other, county staff and the commissioners. At any time should a member of the Board or <br /> 6 the public fail to observe this charge, the Chair will take steps to restore order and decorum. <br /> 7 Should it become impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair will recess <br /> 8 the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The <br /> 9 BOCC asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should <br /> 10 please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Arts Moment— No Arts Moment was available for this meeting. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 2. Public Comments <br /> 15 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Ellen Perry emailed a statement to Commissioner Greene, who read the statement on <br /> 18 her behalf: <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Dear County Commissioners <br /> 21 <br /> 22 My name is Ellen Perry and I live in in my own house on Starlit Dr. I am a woman with a <br /> 23 physical disability along with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities. I am also an advocate for <br /> 24 the community that has helped with other people in the community who have disabilities around <br /> 25 our community, statewide, and nationally. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 1 understand that in Orange County is very unique. Cardinal is unique as well. I do not want to <br /> 28 lose what I have gained with the past several years. In my option, as a person with disabilities, <br /> 29 having Cardinal as my MCO had been very beneficial to me. Cardinal has helped me not have <br /> 30 to pay a very large amount to the state for a long time. I have a Care Coordinator that knows <br /> 31 who I am as a person and has taken the time to get to know me. She knows my wants and <br /> 32 needs. She knows how to talk to me like I am a person, and we get a long great. <br /> 33 Here are some reasons why I am happy with Cardinal: <br /> 34 • Happy with your care coordinator <br /> 35 • Do not want to lose services <br /> 36 • Not wanted to retrain someone for a different MCO <br /> 37 • Don't want to lose your self-determination wavier <br /> 38 • 1 do not want to train a new company on the wavier that I am on <br /> 39 • Not wanting to keep calling and checking in with the care coordinator about my stuff <br /> 40 • This will end my deal with Cardinal on my skill books to be used <br /> 41 • 1 am happy with my Care Coordinator. I feel it is better to have a person that I know and <br /> 42 who knows what I am capable of doing than having to tell someone new about who I am. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 If you can keep the families that are happy at Cardinal at Cardinal and then the families that are <br /> 45 not happy go to alliance. A suggestion would be to have a survey for families that have services <br /> 46 through Cardinal and go from there. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Thank you for hearing me out, <br /> 49 Sincerely <br /> 50 Ellen Perry <br />