Agenda 10-19-2021; 8-a - Minutes

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3 1 impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair will recess the meeting until 2 such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The BOCC asks that all 3 electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or 4 set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. 5 6 Arts Moment— No Arts Moment was available for this meeting. 7 8 2. Public Comments 9 10 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 11 Makeda Ma'at said she is a long time resident of the Landings at Windmore, and was 12 appointed to the board of managers of the Community Home Trust Landings LLC in November 13 2020. She said there is great concern with the way the Community Home Trust (CHT) works 14 with the residents to manage the Landings, creating an environment of distress, discrimination, 15 disenfranchisement and exclusion. She said the CHT Landings LLC operation agreement is not 16 adhered to, the board of managers is excluded from the website, and residents lost community 17 space to accommodate the site manager. She said there is discord and disrespect with the 18 current operational structure at the landings, with no option for non-biased stakeholders. She 19 said there is an overlapping structure where CHT plans, organizes, and facilitate the tenant 20 advisory committee, and some residents feels this cannot allow for fair representation of the 21 residents due to the manager's bias towards CHT. She said residents are taking sides and fear 22 retaliation from CHT. She said there is a lack of sufficient maintenance and maintenance staff. 23 She said CHT is putting up roadblocks to community engagement, and the residents request 24 the BOCC to review the procedures and policies of CHT, especially related to inclusion, resident 25 engagement, unfair treatment, decision making, etc. She asked if the BOCC would look into the 26 situation. 27 28 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 29 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 30 below.) 31 32 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 33 Commissioner Fowler said she enjoyed seeing Schley Grange Hall entered into the 34 National Historic Register on Sunday and learning some of the history of the county. 35 Commissioner Hamilton said she was at Schley Grange as well, and echoed 36 Commissioner Fowler's comments. She said it is important to see evidence of cooperative spirit 37 in the community and hopes it is something that can continue into the future. 38 Commissioner Greene said she was also there, and appreciated Commissioner McKee's 39 remarks at the event. She said the Request for Proposals (RFP) for rural broadband has gone 40 out to the world. She said the title is "Orange County Rural Broadband Initiative for Private 41 Providers to Deploy, Operate, and Maintain a Broadband Internet Network Ensuring That 42 Currently Unserved and Underserved Households in Orange County Are Served by High- 43 Capacity Fiber Broadband". She said surrounding this is the potential project for which the 44 Commissioners set aside $5 million of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money. She said 45 getting a successful bidder is only the first step toward implementation of this game-changing 46 plan for Orange County. She said the bidders have three (3) months from September 13 and 47 proposals are due December 14. She said this due date was set by feedback from potential 48 bidders at a previously held meeting. 49 Commissioner Bedford said she enjoyed the event at the Grange as well. She said she 50 attended the quarterly meeting with Cooperative Extension this afternoon, and they are thrilled 51 with the Bonnie B. Davis building and are still getting settled in. She said Chair Price will be