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36 <br /> 1 Commissioner Richards asked if Orange County Schools have used their funds. <br /> 2 Steve Arndt said that Orange County Schools did not submit anything for the FY21-22 <br /> 3 cycle but he plans on working with them to develop proposals for the next cycle. <br /> 4 Commissioner Richards asked if this impacts the capital plans for Chapel Hill. <br /> 5 Steve Arndt said no. <br /> 6 Bonnie Hammersley said half is for non-education and the other for education. She said <br /> 7 there is no stipulation that says half has to go to Chapel Hill and half to Orange County. She <br /> 8 said that only one grant application came in. <br /> 9 Commissioner Richards asked if they are comfortable with the technology behind this. <br /> 10 Steve Arndt said yes that it will be a wonderful addition to the high schools. <br /> 11 Commissioner Bedford said that Steve has a lot of experience doing solar work. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 A motion was made by Commissioner Richards, seconded by Commissioner Greene, to <br /> 14 approve item 8-e. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 17 <br /> 18 <br /> 19 9. County Manager's Report <br /> 20 Bonnie Hammersley reminded the Board that May 26th will be a budget work session <br /> 21 with a presentation by Durham Tech along with other outside agencies to wind up the budget <br /> 22 presentations. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 <br /> 25 10. County Attorney's Report <br /> 26 John Roberts said the legislature can continue to consider bills that met the crossover <br /> 27 deadline last year. He said one that came out of committee is HB 755, similar to a bill passed in <br /> 28 Florida, he said that among other things prohibits discussions of LGBTQ issues in grades K-3 <br /> 29 and establishes a long list of parental rights and access that parents have. He said a longer <br /> 30 report will be available when filing is finished this week. He said this bill is nothing like the bill <br /> 31 that met crossover and that they completely gutted the original and added new language. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 <br /> 34 11. *Appointments <br /> 35 None. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 <br /> 38 12. Information Items <br /> 39 • May 3, 2022 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List <br /> 40 • Memorandum — Financial Report - Third Quarter FY 2021-22 <br /> 41 • Memorandum — Draft FY23 Orange Transit Work Program <br /> 42 • Memorandum — Orange County Receives LEED Gold Certification from U.S. Green <br /> 43 Building Council <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 13. Closed Session <br /> 47 None. <br /> 48 14. Adjournment <br /> 49 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Bedford, to <br /> 50 adjourn the meeting at 9:42 p.m. <br />