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cannot pass resolutions, but can send a letter to the Board of County Commissioners supporting initiatives and proposals. V. Homeless Systems Gaps Ms. Root presented the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness system gaps, discussing each gap and current proposals to fill the gaps. Ms. Root will be including requests to fill these gaps in the Housing Department budget requests using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. VI. Future Meeting Topics & Logistics Staff asked AHAB members for topics they would like to discuss in future meetings this year. Members would like to hear from agencies who applied for Outside Agency funding in the coming months — staff will invite agencies for 30 minute blocks and ask them to present their agency overall and talk about the program applied for via the Outside Agency process (20 minutes), and also allow time for questions from AHAB members (10 minutes). Members would like to hear from the Orange County Affordable Housing Coalition in April, and plan to take the traditional month of July off from meeting. Prior to starting online meetings because of Covid, AHAB meetings were in person and alternated between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough locations. AHAB members would like to continue to meet virtually for as long as is possible, and meet in person quarterly. Pre-pandemic, AHAB met in the community once per quarter, at community centers and libraries. The Housing Department would provide refreshments at these meetings and invite the community to come in to discuss affordable housing issues. Ms. Root will work on an in-person community meeting in the coming months at either Hargraves Center in the Northside neighborhood in Chapel Hill or the Rogers Road-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) in Northern Chapel Hill. VII. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7.42 PM. Submitted by Corey Root NAME OF BOARD/COMMISSION: Affordable Housing Advisory Board (AHAB)