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Attachment 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 DRAFT MINUTES <br /> 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 3 CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL <br /> 4 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> 5 HILLSBOROUGH BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 6 ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING <br /> 7 January 23, 2024 <br /> 8 7:00 p.m. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met with the elected boards for the towns of <br /> 11 Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at Southern <br /> 12 Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, NC. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jamezetta Bedford, Vice-Chair Sally Greene, <br /> 15 and Commissioners Amy Fowler, Jean Hamilton, Earl McKee, and Phyllis Portie-Ascott <br /> 16 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Anna Richards <br /> 17 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 18 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 19 Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Laura Jensen. (All other staff members will be identified <br /> 20 appropriately below) <br /> 21 CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Barbara Foushee, Mayor Pro Tern <br /> 22 Danny Nowell, and Council Members Randee Haven-O'Donnell, Eliazar Posada, and Catherine <br /> 23 Fray <br /> 24 CARRBORO TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Council Member Jason Merrill <br /> 25 CARRBORO STAFF PRESENT. Interim Town Manager Marie Parker (All other staff members <br /> 26 will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 27 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Jessica Anderson, Mayor Pro <br /> 28 Tern Amy Ryan, and Council Members Camille Berry, Melissa McCullough, Paris Miller-Foushee, <br /> 29 Theodore Nollert, Adam Searing, Elizabeth Sharp, and Karen Stegman <br /> 30 CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None. <br /> 31 CHAPEL HILL STAFF PRESENT: Town Manager Chris Blue (All other staff members will be <br /> 32 identified appropriately below) <br /> 33 HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Mayor Mark Bell, Mayor Pro Tern Robb <br /> 34 English, and Commissioners Meaghun Darab, Kathleen Ferguson, and Matt Hughes <br /> 35 HILLSBOROUGH COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Evelyn P. LLoyd <br /> 36 HILLSBOROUGH STAFF PRESENT. Town Manager Eric Peterson (All other staff members will <br /> 37 be identified appropriately below) <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Chair Bedford called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br /> 40 Mayor Mark Bell welcomed the members of the Carrboro and Chapel Hill Town Councils <br /> 41 and the Hillsborough and Orange County Boards of Commissioners. Commissioners, Council <br /> 42 Members, and staff introduced themselves. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 1. One Orange Racial Equity Update <br /> 45 <br /> 46 The One Orange Racial Equity Jurisdictional Team (Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and <br /> 47 Orange County) continues to collaborate to advance racial equity throughout Orange County. In <br /> 48 addition to highlighting some of the work that has previously been done, the team will present <br /> 49 updates on the racial equity framework, data dashboard and racialized history project. <br /> 50 <br />