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6 1 as the Orange County Delegate and participated in the UNC public orientation for elected officials 2 on February 29th. She noted that there are no plans to build more student housing. Finally, she 3 shared that she attended the Alliance Health Board meeting earlier this afternoon. 4 Commissioner McKee said there will be an informational meeting next Monday, March 5 11th at Lattisville Grove Church to discuss the broadband services being installed throughout the 6 county. He petitioned the County Manager to research other recreational management companies 7 in the Southeast and bring forward information on those companies. 8 Commissioner Richards said she went to the Jordan Lake Nutrient Readoption 9 stakeholder meeting, and it was very informative. She said she attended the Lion King Jr. 10 production at Carrboro Elementary School and said it was an amazing show. She said she also 11 attended the Black History Knowledge Bowl and Pauli Murray Awards along with Commissioner 12 Hamilton. She said she attended the Black Business Alliance meeting at Innovate Carolina. She 13 said it was her first time there and encouraged other commissioners to visit. She said she went 14 to a couple of events related to the primary including a young voter drive at UNC, and also 15 attended the UNC public orientation Commissioner Hamilton mentioned. Finally, she took a tour 16 of Freedom House and got to see some of the new additions there, including a pharmacy. 17 Chair Bedford said the Board will be celebrating Creek Week from March 16th-23ra She 18 encouraged residents to look at the county and town websites to see how they can get involved 19 in events. She said she unfortunately had COVID, so could not participate in many events since 20 the last meeting, but said she was able to get out and vote and extended thanks to Elections staff 21 and all of the people who work at voting sites. 22 Vice-Chair Greene congratulated Commissioner Portie-Ascott for winning her primary 23 election. She said she also attended the Black History Bowl and the Pauli Murray Awards and 24 they were great events. She said she too took a tour of Freedom House and was pleased to see 25 the work happening there. She said she got an email from Katie Murray underscoring the Big 26 Night in for the Arts, which is happening tonight. She described the event and highlighted the 27 recording studio that produced part of the event called Sonark Media. She said the studio is on 28 Borland Rd. and is a great resource to know about. Finally, she described the work of Jane Saiers' 29 subcommittee on figuring out ways to keep farmers in farming and to preserve rural farmland 30 which is being lost at a dramatic rate in Orange County. She said she has been thinking about 31 how to support that effort and made a petition for Planning staff to work with Jane Saiers' 32 subcommittee to bring back the idea of Conservation Subdivisions, which allows land to be 33 clustered in order to save part of the land to be open space or used as farmland. 34 Commissioner Fowler shared that she also went on a tour at Freedom House and met 35 Joyce Harper. She said she also attended the Board of Health meeting on February 28th, as well 36 as their retreat. She said the Budget remains stable compared to last year, and learned the 37 adjudication process in the case that someone appeals a public health decision. She said she 38 also heard a preview of the Community Health Assessment which revealed that the top 39 community concerns are affordable housing, cost of healthy food, affordable health care, and 40 mental health. She said it is good to know that the Board is already focusing on these areas. She 41 said she attended the IDAL Action Team meeting, whose goal is to create a community for people 42 with IDD and allow them to age in place. She said it was one of the most fruitful times they have 43 met because they reviewed 5 possible projects in the Triangle and looked at the pros and cons 44 of each. She said she learned they are currently funding a social support person in the North 45 Street community in Durham as part of a pilot. She said that she also attended the Black History 46 Knowledge Bowl and Poetry Slam and found the students very impressive. She said this morning 47 she and Chair Bedford had an introductory meeting with Doug Plachcinski with DCHC MPO to 48 figure out interactions going forward. Lastly, she thanked all of the speakers regarding the 49 Triangle Youth Hockey and said she hopes RFP will reconsider their decision and collaborate 50 with them. 51