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