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42 <br /> 1 Commissioner Bedford petitioned for a report on people who meet these parameters of <br /> 2 80%, 60%, etc., and owe back taxes and interest. She would like to be more informed. <br /> 3 Commissioner Bedford said they should at least do item a on recommendation #1. <br /> 4 Chair Price said she was really looking at the caps. <br /> 5 Commissioner Fowler asked for staff proposal for item a on recommendation #1, with <br /> 6 the program covering half of the county's tax portion rather than the total tax bill. She said she <br /> 7 would also like staff to include information on the impacts of reducing the award amounts to <br /> 8 $500, $750, and $1000. She said staff should assume 50% increase, as well as the impacts of <br /> 9 a 100% increase in participation. <br /> 10 Nancy Freeman said they could look at the income of the applicants to determine an <br /> 11 estimate. <br /> 12 Corey Root said they could look at the county as a whole. <br /> 13 Chair Price said if staff only looks at the applications received in the previous year, they <br /> 14 would not have information about all of the people who should have applied. <br /> 15 Commissioner Hamilton asked for clarification on what the Board was leaning towards <br /> 16 on recommendation #1. <br /> 17 Chair Price said they are considering several items. She said they are looking at item a <br /> 18 on recommendation #1, which was to institute a baseline award of $300. She said <br /> 19 Commissioner Fowler is looking at 1 e, looking at the schedule of awards to cover half of the <br /> 20 county tax bill. <br /> 21 Commissioner Hamilton recommended that the Board not make a decision on <br /> 22 recommendation #1, and that staff come back with information on the requests for more <br /> 23 information. She said the county should assume there will be more applicants. She said she <br /> 24 wants the program, but wants it to be sustainable. <br /> 25 Corey Root clarified that the Board could do both a and a in recommendation #1. <br /> 26 Commissioner Hamilton said she would like to know the costs of a combination of the <br /> 27 items. <br /> 28 Chair Price said they should work in collaboration with community organizations. <br /> 29 Commissioner McKee asked for a date when the item would come back to make sure <br /> 30 that staff have time to revamp the program and get information in the tax bills. <br /> 31 Chair Price said the next business meeting will be on May 24, 2022. <br /> 32 Corey Root said that they could bring the information back by May 24, 2022. <br /> 33 Commissioner McKee said he just did not want to wait until June. <br /> 34 Commissioner Richards said staff could begin working on some of the recommendations <br /> 35 that were already approved. <br /> 36 Chair Price asked that staff bring back information on May 24tH <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 b. Consideration of a Resolution Naming the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Center <br /> 40 Conference Room as The Lee Pavao Conference Room <br /> 41 The Board approved a resolution naming the conference room at the new Orange County <br /> 42 Visitors Center, located at 308 W. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, as "The Lee Pavao Conference <br /> 43 Room". <br /> 44 <br /> 45 BACKGROUND: Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill <br /> 46 Town Council, including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem. Mr. Pavao worked closely with Orange <br /> 47 County leaders and the Board of County Commissioners, as well as the Visitors Bureau staff <br /> 48 and hospitality industry leaders. Mr. Pavao spent his career in advertising and lent his expertise <br /> 49 to area marketing, sales and tourism campaigns to increase tourism in Orange County and in <br /> 50 order to support economic development and increased occupancy and sales tax revenues. <br /> 51 <br />