Minutes 09-14-2021 Virtual Business Meeting

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