Agenda - 10-18-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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31 1 Chair Price said the index in the plan is incredible. 2 Janice Tyler said that Melissa Blackburn with Community Relations did an awesome job 3 with the design and look of the plan. 4 Commissioner Bedford said this is a wonderful document and she is lucky to live in 5 Orange County where this has been planned for so long. She asked what a hoarding task force 6 is. 7 Janice Tyler said it is exactly what Commissioner Bedford thinks. She said it is even 8 more of an issue since the pandemic. She said other communities have done this as well. She 9 said county staff would work with town staff and other community partners on this. 10 Commissioner Fowler said this a beautifully laid out and organized plan. She said this is 11 the perfect example of community planning. She said she appreciates highlighting universal 12 design, as well as inclusion across ages, race, and ethnicity. She said she is glad to live in a 13 place that cares this deeply. 14 Commissioner Hamilton also thanked Janice Tyler for her work. She said this is 15 applicable to herself and in her work. She said she just went to a hoarding education recently 16 asked her to include mental health providers in hoarding task force. 17 Janice Tyler said that mental health workers will absolutely be included and that she has 18 already reached out to Alliance. 19 Commissioner Richards said the matrix in the plan is incredible and commended her for 20 evaluating each element of the past plan. She said to have over one hundred work group 21 members is very impressive. She said these are the people who need to be included. She 22 asked how they felt about the community engagement part. 23 Janice Tyler said she was disappointed there wasn't a good turnout but this was during 24 the pandemic, so it is not surprising. 25 Commissioner Greene commended Janice Tyler on her work. 26 Chair Price she is proud of the work and that she brags about this plan at national 27 committees. She said she was impressed that this effort is intergenerational. 28 Janice Tyler said the matrix will be attached to the Advisory Board on Aging meeting 29 notices quarterly in attempts to hold themselves accountable. 30 31 32 8. Consent Agenda 33 34 • Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda 35 • Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda 36 • Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Bedford, to 39 approve the consent agenda. 40 41 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 42 43 a. Minutes 44 The Board approved the draft minutes for the June 23, 2022 Retreat and August 1, 2022 45 Special Meeting. 46 b. Acceptance of NC Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund 47 Grant— Poteat Family Farm 48 The Board accepted a grant from the North Carolina Agricultural Development and 49 Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (NCADFP) toward the acquisition of a conservation 50 easement on the Poteat Family Farm.