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Meeting Notes - March 3, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. <br /> Attendees: Sally Greene(OC Commissioner) <br /> Earl McKee(OC Commissioner) <br /> Jim Northrup (OC CIO) <br /> Vasu Kilaru (resident) <br /> Paul Cardillo(resident) <br /> Terri Buckner(resident) <br /> Todd Broucksou (resident) <br /> Pat Hull (resident) <br /> Doug Noell (Chief IT Operations Officer Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools) <br /> Victoria Deaton (Compliance Specialist Office of Institutional Equity and Inclusion Durham Tech) <br /> Jeff Sural (Director, NC Broadband Infrastructure Office) <br /> Dr. Monique Felder(Superintendent,OC Schools) <br /> Dr. Kathleen Dawson (Deputy Superintendent,OC Schools) <br /> Laura Jensen (Clerk to the BOCC) <br /> Travis Myren (Deputy County Manager) <br /> Mark Johnson (maybe) <br /> Jacci Ruhe(resident) <br /> Kimberley Connolly <br /> Broadband Task Force March 3,2021 @ 5:30 PM Meeting Agenda/Minutes <br /> AGENDA <br /> 5:30 PM Welcomes and introductions—McKee <br /> - Members introduced themselves and provided their background and interest <br /> 5:45 PM Discuss the charge for this group. —McKee <br /> The Task Force charge will include but not necessarily limited to: <br /> • Discuss broadband solutions that will improve the quality of high speed internet servicesto Orange <br /> County residents; <br /> • Recommend a plan to the Board of Orange County Commissioners that will expand reliable high- <br /> speed internet services to all county residents and businesses. <br /> 5:55 PM Brief History of OC Internet -Jim <br /> Attached January 2020 Memo to the Board <br /> 6:05 PM Ask Jeff Sural to speak regarding what State and Federal options are out there slanted toward Orange <br /> County. <br /> Jeff provided background and responsibilities of his office(more info in notes below) <br /> 6:15 PM Discussion-Greene/McKee/Group <br /> 6:25 PM Next steps/next meeting dates/frequency etc.-Greene/McKee <br /> o Federal and state funding sources(1"meeting)—links below <br /> o Community connect grants(from New Yorker article) <br /> o Maps discussed (Jim's and Spectrum) <br /> o Vertical assets in unserved areas <br />