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2 1 Public Charge: The Board of Commissioners pledges its respect to all present. The Board asks 2 those attending this meeting to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner toward 3 each other, county staff and the commissioners. At any time should a member of the Board or 4 the public fail to observe this charge, the Chair will take steps to restore order and decorum. 5 Should it become impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair will recess 6 the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The 7 BOCC asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and computers should 8 please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. 9 10 2. Public Comments 11 12 a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda 13 None. 14 15 b. Matters on the Printed Agenda 16 (These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda 17 below.) 18 19 3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members 20 Commissioner Fowler said she attended the Chamber of Commerce's legislative forum 21 on December 9th. She said David Price, Valerie Foushe, Verla Insko, and Graig Meyer all 22 spoke. She said Congressman Price said the bipartisan infrastructure bill mentioned potential 23 transit funds that could cover things such as the MLK BRT, broadband funds, and possibly 24 public housing for repair and renovation funds. She said the county should be on the lookout 25 for that opportunity. She said she attended the Triangle Area Regional Planning Organization 26 (TARPO) meeting on December 9th, and they reminded attendees that the STIP 6.0 process 27 was halted due to lack of funds. She said they provided scoring for considering how to improve 28 projects for the STIP 7.0 process. She said updates for current projects are available for review 29 on TARPO.org. She said parts of 1-40 will be renamed after Dean Smith and Roy Williams. 30 She said earlier in the day she attended the North Carolina Association of County 31 Commissioners (NCACC) Public Education Steering Committee and heard an update from 32 Nathan Maune of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). She said Maune discussed using 33 lottery funds for school capital. She said the 2017 needs based public school capital fund was 34 originally opened to only Tier 1 and 2 counties but is now available to Tier 3 counties. She said 35 she would like the county to look at that fund for potential school capital projects. She said they 36 also mentioned that the PS repair and renovation fund in the 2021 budget provides $500,000 37 per county for classroom facilities. She said she also attended the Health and Human Services 38 Steering Committee earlier in the day. She said there is a website called 39 NCOpioidSettlement.org which provides information on how the funds can be spent. She said 40 she wondered if the funds could be spent towards a diversion facility. 41 Commissioner McKee reminded the Board of his petition to go back to in-person 42 meetings as soon as possible, despite the new COVID-19 variant. He said the Board of County 43 Commissioners (BOCC) is considering going back to in-person meetings in January, and he 44 would like to give it serious consideration. He said he believes the Board should be meeting 45 publicly if at all possible. 46 Commissioner Hamilton wished everyone happy holidays. 47 Commissioner Bedford said on October 5th, Andy Henry from the Durham-Carrboro- 48 Chapel Hill Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) presented information on the 49 2050 Metropolitan Transit Plan. She said it is a fiscally constrained plan, but reasonable fiscal 50 assumptions are allowed to be made. She said at the November MPO meeting, there was 51 discussion about the potential for a half-cent sales tax increase for transit, and she said that it