Agenda - 11-15-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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2 1 between the county and power companies to better manage road beds so native flowers would 2 be able to thrive. She said turns out that the Board of Commissioners passed a resolution right 3 before COVID to ask for work to be done on this. She said it got started but was a casualty of 4 COVID. She said the Board authorized the Commission for the Environment and county staff to 5 work with the botanical garden to encourage the NC Department of Transportation, utility 6 companies, and property owners to plan implement and study such road bed and rights of way 7 management practices. She petitioned the Board to formally reinstate this process and work. 8 Commissioner Bedford said she had no comments. 9 Commissioner Fowler said she had no comments. 10 Commissioner Richards said petitioned county staff to further research universal pre- 11 K. She said the county is working on the long term strategic facilities plan and believes this 12 would be good information to have. She said staff could report back on how long they would 13 need for this research, but that she would like it to be a part of the Board's strategic plan and 14 the facilities plan. 15 Commissioner McKee said he would like to second Commissioner Richards's petition, 16 and had no further comments. 17 Chair Price said she would like to put a third on that petition because it is something 18 the Board has talked about before. She said as the Board gets into the actual strategic 19 planning, some of the items that Commissioner Greene and Commissioner Richards mentioned 20 that drift away and are brought back up can become part of the plan so there is constant work 21 on them. She said she had a meeting this morning with the town mayors over breakfast with the 22 point of continuing to work together and collaborate. She said she took a tour of Perry Place last 23 week which is the affordable housing complex that straddles both Carrboro and Chapel Hill. She 24 said CASA manages this development, and it is moving along well. She said residents should 25 be able to move in by the end of December or beginning of January. 26 27 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 28 29 a. Fire Prevention Week Proclamation 30 The Board considered the approval of a proclamation designating the week of October 9 31 through 15, 2022 as Fire Prevention Week in Orange County. 32 33 BACKGROUND: Fire Prevention Week is celebrating its 100th year, the longest running health 34 campaign, to honor the brave firefighters and first responders who risk their lives to protect us 35 every day and reaffirm the importance of fire safety and preparedness. 36 37 Fire Prevention Week was started by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 1922 to 38 commemorate the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Fire Prevention Week teaches children and 39 adults how to stay safe in the event of a fire. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed the 40 first National Fire Prevention Week to occur from October 4 through October 10, 1925. 41 President Coolidge stated that, "This waste results from the conditions which justify a sense of 42 shame and horror; for the greater part of it could and ought to be prevented... It is highly 43 desirable that every effort be made to reform the conditions which have made possible so vast a 44 destruction of the national wealth". 45 46 The Great Chicago Fire burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, with most of the damage 47 occurring on October 9th. The fire caused roughly $200 million in damages, killing 48 approximately 300 people, and destroying over 17,000 buildings and structures. The 49 consequences were more than just fire damage itself, as martial law had to be declared after an 50 outbreak of looting and lawlessness. 51