Agenda - 04-06-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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10 1 County has prioritized Durham Tech's new building in the Capital Investment Plan (CIP), he 2 raised the question of renaming Durham Tech to include Orange County, as the school serves 3 multiple communities. He said he also raised the idea of adding representatives of Orange 4 County and Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools to the Durham Tech Board, just as has been 5 done with the Durham Public Schools. 6 Commissioner Hamilton said she also attended the Pauli Murray Awards ceremony, 7 and was inspired. 8 Commissioner Greene said she also was impressed by the Pauli Murray awards, and 9 extended congratulations to the winners, participants, and planners. 10 Commissioner Bedford said the Pauli Murray Awards speakers and presenters were 11 very inspiring. 12 Chair Price said the Pauli Murray Awards ceremony was amazing, and she was pleased 13 to be there. 14 Chair Price said she attended a GoTriangle committee meeting, where a guest, Hill 15 Carroll, spoke about bringing World University Games to the Triangle in 2027. She said this 16 could be a revenue generator, and GoTriangle would be involved for providing transportation. 17 Chair Price said she attended a meeting regarding the Greene Tract. She said plans 18 are moving forward for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and a public information 19 meeting. 20 Chair Price said that the Governor has eased some of the restrictions for COVID-19, but 21 everyone should still wear a mask, remain six feet apart, and get vaccinated when possible. 22 She said there is a basketball game this weekend in Chapel Hill against Duke, and the 23 university is making preparations to keep people safe and prevent spread of the virus. 24 Chair Price said she got a phone call asking about the libraries reopening, and asked if 25 the Manager would coordinate with the library director on this. 26 Chair Price said World Water Day is on March 22, 2021, asked if a resolution from 27 Brennan Bouma, Sustainability Director, could be prepared for the meeting on March 16t" 28 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the information about the Greene Tract MOU, and 29 asked if there is an update on this process. 30 Chair Price said the environmental study was completed, and the group talked about 31 how to work together, how decisions will be made, and how to inform the community at one 32 time, via a public information outreach strategy. 33 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is a timeline for the MOU to come back to the 34 Board. 35 Bonnie Hammersley said the leadership went through the MOU at the last meeting, and 36 agreed to forward it to the elected bodies. She said it should come to the Board in April. She 37 said a major sticking point was whether there should be a majority vote or a unanimous vote. 38 She said the decision was made for it to be unanimous, but there is a clause that a party can 39 leave if it so chooses. She said the hope of the meeting was that all will work together. She 40 said the environmental assessment has been completed, and community meetings will be held 41 to explain the results. 42 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the environmental assessment has been sent to elected 43 officials and posted on the website. 44 Bonnie Hammersley said yes, because there was a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 45 request on the environmental assessment. 46 Commissioner Greene said this is the same MOU on which the Board was working 47 many months ago, which was paused to allow for the environmental study. She said the results 48 of the study are in line with what all expected. 49 Bonnie Hammersley said yes. 50 51 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations