good evening everyone today is September 25th 2023 and I will call this meeting to order my first reading the public charge Board of Commissioners ask its members and citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful courteous manner both with the board and fellow citizens at any time should any member of the board or any citizen fail to observe this public charge the chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains for Patrol to the form failed be restored chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to the public charge observed will stand with us and Commissioners if you will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance
commissioner Alam and sir Wendy Jacobs is joining us by Zoom just to let you know they're not they are so are there any agenda adjustments coming on we'll move on to our announcements on Miss Wallace if you will read our announcement good evening Commissioners and to the public I'll read the announcements that are published in our agenda this evening Durham County voters can cast their ballots during the 2023 Municipal primary election early voting period from September 21st until October 7th you can cash your ballot early at any of the five early voting locations North Regional East Regional Durham County Main Library south regional and North
Carolina Central University uh Turner law building get the early voting schedule and locations on the Durham County Board of Elections flyer which is located on our website election day for the 2023 Municipal primary election is Tuesday October 10th the deadline is Thursday September 28th to apply to be a part of the 2023 Durham City County Planning Academy from the city County Planning Department gain tools and know how to fully participate in local development and planning and earn a planning Academy certificate upon completion uh five weekly sessions are held from October 19th to November 11th and you can apply online Durham midweek I'm doing Durham County the city of Durham and other partners for Durham minority Enterprise development medweek I'm encouraging change and breaking barriers Durham's
m at the Justice service department Building located at 326 East Main Street this free event is open to everyone several local agencies will be on hand to give information and answer questions about their services and programs available to those in need it is also a great way for residents to build connections with these organizations there is a link learned additional information
every September and October groups from across Durham volunteers to pick up litter in their local neighborhood parks and streams for Durham's largest litter cleanup event of the Year big sweep is coordinated by Keith Urban beautiful the city of Durham stormwater and Vis services division in the Durham County solar Water Conservation District with help from other city and county departments and many other partners registration for an already created event I'm sorry register for an already created event or sign up to hold one of your own and there is a the Durham Forest is holding its 16th hunting season through the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission gear management assistance program for Monday September 25th through Friday December 15th during this time by the Durham horsten and Blackwood divisions of the Duke Forest will be closed all public access for all Recreation Monday through Friday all divisions of the
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com for additional questions that concludes the announcements that are published in our agenda Wallace other announcements there is thank you madam chair can you hear me okay okay great um well first of all I wanted to say Happy New Year to everyone in our community who is celebrating the Yom
Kippur holiday today and the high holy days which began with Rosh Hashanah and uh and uh today with the young people holiday so happy New Year to everyone who is observing this holiday in our community um I also want to say um happy Pride even though we we all got rained out on Saturday I really appreciate our Equitable well-being director Brent Lewis who was was rallying us all and I know we were going to have a great turnout from Durham County government so I know we will be back and forth again next year um and I also want to note that this past week in Durham was something called the full City Summit um some of us were able to stop by and attend some of those activities but it was really an amazing um
a meeting Festival I'm not sure how to categorize it but very rooted in our community with all kinds of speakers on issues ranging from music and the Arts to technology and business and Innovation but one of the coolest things about it is that it was co-sponsored with one of our wonderful non-profits in Durham families and children Rising who runs our Early Head Start and more at four programs here in Durham and throughout our region they were really the Fiscal Agent and so there was a lot of programming that really lifted up issues around Early Childhood which we know is so um such a priority for us in Durham County government so I hope that we can continue as a community to support also Bull City Summit moving forward um and lastly I just wanted to comment on the budget that was passed we know
the good news was is that Medicaid expansion is finally finally been adopted and you know more than 600 000 people in our state are now going to finally have access to behavioral mental health here and we don't know the exact numbers here in Durham but it's at least 30 to 40 000 people um it's going to be a big lift for us to roll this out by December 1st but our DSS leadership is already working on this we talked about it at our DSS meeting last week and and you all will be hearing more about it um so that we can make sure that this is success for us in Durham County so um just wanted to highlight those things and I will stop there thank you so much Mr Burns
hello okay and this is my we have new Marketplace so Wendy got mine I thought I waited because I knew she was probably gonna do young before so um but she got mine with um the Medicaid um expansion so I had I had three but I'm down to two if you have not had a chance um I'm happy that she mentioned the budget some of us were there till midnight the other night and we did see how crazy it got I don't have a list I'm perhaps um we can get one going but Mission I'm not commissioner Senator Murdoch sent out an email that itemized everything that Durham got in the budget uh there's some random things that I didn't even know that some of our non-profits were able to get so um if you haven't taken a look um it's a 30 billion dollar budget we didn't get a bunch um we got you know ten thousand dollars for Meals on Wheels ten thousand dollars for the Durham success Summit um there was some things that might have been left even though we worked really hard so I'm super excited that we've kind of sort of moved forward and we're
going to have somebody to partner with our wonderful Craig a lobbyists to move forward and get some dollars with some of our nonprofits Got 5 million one million three million so if you do get a chance the budget is horrible but Durham did get um a few things and my last one was about out the mug shot I know nobody wants to go to jail but in the event you have ever wanted a mug shot you can go down to Durham Public Library I invite you to come to North Regional Library because as we look around the nation and people are Banning books and even burning books here in Durham we're taking mug shots with all the banned books so as a member of the Board of Trustees uh the library I invite you all to come to North Regional Library in Mann Library hold up a picture of Their Eyes Were Watching God well I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings or a myriad of other books that were written by black women and take a mug shot with me thank you so very much we will be doing that until September 30th thank you well I am really really pleased about
the budget about Medicaid expansion as well one of the initiatives that we've been attempted to work on has to do with um mental health in the community um and we've been waiting for DHHS to give us the go-ahead on that and hopefully we will be able to get some fraction around that um it's all in the you know the devil's in the details no other announcements um there's one that I have a neighborhood College attendees we have neighborhood College attendees here uh Nick at the Jenny how do you pronounce that so Nick would you stand up okay welcome um Jenny and then there's Melinda
Spencer uh you all in if you're all here stand up and be recognized you say something now that I know we have neighborhood College Representatives here um weird I know we're all trying to get used to these I I had the distinct privilege and pleasure of welcoming uh the neighborhood College this year because both you and everyone was out of town but me so I got to do that and it was a very heartwarming experience listening to these two residents and all the residents explain why they wanted to be there and how much they loved Durham and cared and it really Shone through they also talked about their favorite smell and sound which was really fun really funny Icebreaker but we learned a lot about one another anyway it's an awesome program thanks to our staff in public affairs Dawn and and the rest
team for putting on just a wonderful opportunity for residents and thank you so much for being here tonight I'm sorry you don't have our full Cadre to people are attending virtually but we are happy that we have this hybrid opportunity now anyway thanks yeah thank you commissioner Carter for being here to do that and you know County government covers so many areas that um very difficult sometimes for our citizens to understand all of the different things that we do and for you to take on learning that um it's pretty amazing it wasn't just the city the county it was a city as well yeah awesome so congratulations for taking that on right any of any other hands we have minute commissions we have minutes before us for September the 11th
2023 a regular session minutes are there any edits or additions to those minutes been moved and probably second all in favor aye aye hey so I can't remembers they can zoom can say I can vote passes all right I'm not on camera I don't look as nice as Wendy right now okay all right our next item is our ceremonial items and the first sermon item is a
proclamation minority Enterprise development week over six three board is requested recognized October because Authority Enterprise development week that was sort of County Fishers to minority sponsor Ed minority and women business uh the population and I know that Emmy yeah so
minority Enterprise development whereas it is the first thing about right oh people and free discrimination on the basis of race and gender and whereas diverse entrepreneurship urges progress or innovative problem of atomic growth what's the promise describing that and race pollution and a better life whereas the Durham County minority and women Enterprise guys authorities and women equal opportunities debate oh including not limited employment construction project
football where is ps14-21285 for good state sure participation Authority and women owners all uh and whereas according to third Act of the covert angry Rob 32 percent fine owner 26 donors and I think and whereas the county
Authority and development whereas the minority development recognize that wrong hi there 40. great um on behalf priority Enterprise development
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my very own chair Howerton we'll be looking for you we're excited to hear the message and we will continue with a luncheon that will be shepherded by our own County manager who will lead that conversation with us we're bringing in a fabulous speaker that will cheer us all on and get us all excited about the work that we're doing with minority businesses which you all know I truly believe are the heartbeats in our communities they are the engines that drive economic Prosperity so I am extremely excited we have closed out sponsorships this evening I am delighted to tell you we have over 23 sponsors from yeah we're over 40 000 is what she tells me you guys this was two weeks just thinking we had three months or six months to be out fundraising and um you know this is a huge Testament to the businesses here in Durham that are
celebrating minority business in conjunction with the county we are partnering with the city and so this is just a huge effort we have all worked extremely hard over the last three weeks we've worked extremely hard to pull this all together so we're excited it's a tag team effort into all of our businesses corporations that are in this with us we thank you we thank you very much for coming forth and showing your support of these businesses as well to see y'all there thank you so much commissures me commissioner burns my first one is a question because I know we've all been promoting it so much and you have so many sponsors is registration closed because I know your number is pretty high now so for the public that might be excited have we closed or is the portal still open so we have closed
ships but not not registration we're oh wonderful we're still open I think we had um somewhere close to 200 that are registered but we know that it's a free event so not everyone will get a chance to attend right they have good intentions and so we will make sure that we afford each and every one that wants to attend the apartment community to do so being uh so the other thing I wanted to do you know just a special shout out to Tammy special shout out to this board to the manager to everybody who's done some of this work to my colleagues uh there are whole counties that if you say diversity Equity inclusion minority I mean you would think minorities like cuss word it really when Tammy came to the state government you know she came in guns blazing I I mean I work for the state I've seen her be able to shut down bids when women couldn't even get access to Stepping to a room I walked with her down the street in Charlotte and somebody said Tammy Hall does not work here walk in Charlotte I was happy
because I didn't want to walk but she didn't know he was going to walk this is fine but there's so much respect for this woman when uh Joe Biden decided that he wanted to start the minority business development agency again they were trying to figure out what states would have them Tammy put in an application said well North Carolina doesn't have one and there were some people we won't call their names because we don't like them who did not want don't have it again with Joe but I don't want her to have it so she got it and so where's the minority business development agency it's not in Raleigh it's not in Charlotte it's in Durham and so then luckily enough the manager was smart enough you know she stole Tammy from the governor we appreciate the governor's not happy about it but just know we put a professional face on this program because we're not playing games there are a lot of people who are going to say things like oh you do minority business development stuff all the time and people make promises all the time this is a different group of people so you can either get on the bus get on this train with these folks and get access to some of this Capital I'm gonna stop right here but I do want folks to know y'all are sitting in this chamber
for this meeting but since Tammy has been here we've opened up this chamber when but to build our Board of Elections for the mwb Outreach for that construction project that was in here when we were having um a contractor procurement meeting for the city or the county but Duke University for the airport that meeting was in here we're not letting folks go Rock and hide their hand so if you were about the business of you know making sure everybody has a equal seat at the table uh we're building that table we hope everybody will be a part of it so I hope that we can see you next week this is not a one-off this is not a formative allyship and um I hope you all will come on this ride with us really appreciate um and we look forward to doing a lot of
stuff thank you okay our next Proclamation as domestic violence awareness commissioner board is requested to Proclaim October 2023 as domestic violence fairness Durham crisis response Center provides comprehensive culture and support services survivors of domestic sexual and Family Violence and human and their families in the Durham area prc's menu opinion service nope information
and we'll have some comments Durham Board of County Commissioners Proclamation domestic violence Awareness Month 2023 whereas the safety security physical and emotional well-being of our neighbors affects the lives of everyone in our community we recognize that domestic violence takes a variety of forms and believe all individuals have the right to live their best and fullest lives free of violence and fear and whereas we recognize that one in four women and one in nine men report experiencing physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime according to the National Coalition against domestic violence domestic violence is a series a serious preventable Public Health concern involving the manipulation of power and control including willful intimidation physical and sexual assault emotional and financial abuse and other abusive behavior and whereas anyone can be a victim of intimate partner violence regardless of gender age race socioeconomic status ability or relationship choice We believe that
everyone deserves a life free of violence regardless of gender identification ethnicity ability Aid religion or social status and whereas we recognize that the crime of domestic violence impacts victims families and societies we can lead and can lead to long-term health problems missed days of work and loss of employment psychological distress family instability and homelessness and increased risk of future violence and whereas ending domestic violence starts with awareness and education changing social norms about gender and violence and mobilizing our community including men boys our faith institutions the public and private sectors now therefore our Brenda Howerton chair and on the behalf of the Durham Board of County commissions do hear about the Proclaim October 2023 as domestic violence Awareness Month in Durham County we urge all who engage with you to teach and model respect consent and healthy relationships we encourage government health professionals law enforcement
faith community Civic organizations to ensure an inclusive environment that supports survivors of domestic violence and sustains their efforts to rebuild their lives without violence in Durham we are strongly committed to working with all Partners so that every individual can access appropriate and affirming resources to address and in violence in our communities this the 25th day of September 2023 foreign County um or this proclamation of domestic violence Awareness Month Paul during crisis response uh beating up silent walk
here it's Monday that thank you thank you so much coming I didn't get his name Amy in town okay all right that was all and uh my my only comment one thank you thank you all for the work you do uh mine will be quick I know we're coming off the summer and we always see very high crime numbers in the summer right so people think about robbery they think about a sauce they think about burglary um when I was at the AG's office I authored the domestic violence homicide report every domestic violence incident doesn't end with you know a call to the police in the hospital some people don't make it out and one of the things that we were able to find out was people die closer to the holidays so we are coming up on a holiday season we saw higher deaths from domestic violence in November December January and February Halloween Christmas um New Year's Valentine's Day so I just
implore the city the residents if you see it's like the airport if you see something say something on average it takes seven times for a woman to leave a domestic violence situation what they don't add to that is you have to survive seven times just to add to that term crisis response Center is to counseling crisis services thank you um Damian I just wanted to say thank you for bringing us this Proclamation and for the work that you're doing um I wanted to request that we add this to our announcements um what Damian has
just shared about the reading of the names on Monday October 2nd at 8am at 101 East Morgan Street so that we can make sure the community knows about this event and also to um for people to know that we have a family Justice Center I think we did the ribbon cutting was it about a year ago Damien do you know what the exact date was yeah yeah so I we want to make sure that the community knows that there is help that you can go to the Family Justice Center and and walk in the door and get all kinds of help and maybe Damien you could just share a little bit about the services that are available at Family Justice Center epidural Family Center stated uh count uh case management Eagle app we hope uh protective board
so uh Community part Durham sheriffs the German Family Center as a One-Stop shop Survivor uh Community is like also they was coming into all the is available to see something say something stated all see in violent thank you yes I also wanted to thank you Mr Talley for the important work that you do I know you were sitting with someone in the audience is is that your friend or
is it someone who works at the center as well it's a very my wife okay I thought it was possible it could be one or the other but it wouldn't be sure I acknowledged your wife thank you so much for supporting him and the important work that he does um I I am looking forward to participating in the reading of the names I know it will be a grim sort of gathering and ceremony um but I'm looking forward to being there thank you for inviting us and making us aware of it I also want to see you in your new location haven't visited since you've been there so okay so we're looking forward to that um and I took a quick glance at your website for this meeting it's really impressive um it I it's easy to navigate very friendly I could tell that it would be super helpful for someone in the community who needed the resources and the services that you provide easy to navigate and you help a lot of people a lot of different um people who've experienced different
kinds of trauma thank you commissioner Alam thank you all right Damian thank you so much for all your work and thank you for inviting me and I know you divided uh the other Commissioners for touring uh the facility uh one-on-one I would love for you to also highlight like two commissioner Burns this morning um that not all domestic violence incidents lead to a police report being filed um but the importance of the spaces that you have within uh the Family Justice Center of where there's actually uh a police officer and a sheriff's office Sheriff deputies office space for individuals who want a safe space to be able to sit and file a report that is available correct in the um Family Justice Center but on a limited basis yeah but just think that of uh aware so oftentimes people can feel scared
rightfully so to go to the police station or the sheriff's department to file a report but knowing that there's a another space that they can do that safely and with support is really important and also I know our board submitted a letter of support for a grant that you all had applied for I'd love whenever you guys receive an update about the status of that really hoping that you were able to receive that um if you could provide us to report whenever you have an update I think with us to expand our and it All In I Ali we appreciate you and your team and your wife um you know I a year ago
I remember it was a year ago but one year in the last couple of years I had the opportunity to read and I tell you is very impactful very impacted I've Been Told over there last year I think the one that was the hardest read as the woman that penny in their 90s that found I know that the work that you step in then things like that
a next Proclamation Commissioners um savers Carter that's a Hispanic Heritage Month um board is requested to Proclaim September 15th through October in as Hispanic Heritage Month in Durham County District Services annually celebrated and recognized this is a rich and varied cultures of Hispanic Americans and the contribution that they have made to the United States Carter you will read that one yes I'd love to read it um I'd love to read it in Spanish but unfortunately I'd never I really really wish I had um it would be very appropriate to have the suspense it feels a little odd that we have it here in English I know we're working hard to get more language
access working hard on language Equity here in the county and I apologize for my shortcomings um when I mispronounce some Spanish words probably within this Proclamation and I really do wish I could read it in Spanish but it's a lovely Proclamation here it is Durham County Board of Commissioners Proclamation National Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 whereas National Hispanic Heritage Month known Asia hispania is celebrated from September 15 October 15th and whereas the annual celebration recognizes the diverse histories cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain Mexico the Caribbean and Central and South America and whereas this observation was first held in 1968 as Hispanic heritage week
4 percent of Durham County's residents are off Hispanic or Latino descent and more than 62 million Latinos contribute to communities across the country and whereas our communities are made stronger when we recognize our diversity and work to honor understand and appreciate the history achievements art music Cuisine Customs unique traditions and cultures of our friends family and neighbors who represent the Hispanic community and whereas the theme for National Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 is potosomos somos Uno We Are All We Are
One and is intended to emphasize both the diversity and unity of the Hispanic Latino population as well as the indispensable role members play in shaping and enriching our American society now therefore I Brenda Howerton chair on behalf of the board of County Commissioners do hereby Proclaim September 15th of October 15 2023 as National Hispanic Heritage Month in Durham County and urge all residents to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month by honoring generations of Hispanic residents who have made our nation strong and prosperous with their essential contributions Durham County North Carolina and Beyond this the 25th day of September 2020. thank you commissioner well I would just um say this was a beautiful Proclamation it had a lot in
1 percent as of July 2022. so you know just all the more reason for us to to recognize Embrace and celebrate um all of our neighbors and friends in this community who are our heritage Carter see any any hands but this is one that is very special as well to me that the honor of the heritage
that Cold Spring country um there's a lot to be celebrated all right so if Mr swear down to our consent agenda okay take it down Mr um Jacob so you have your hand up or are you taking it down yeah I just I just had a quick just to piggyback on what commissioner Carter shared is that today more than 30 of our students in Durham Public Schools um are you know come from a time-speaking homes um and have a found a Heritage or latinx Heritage so to to her Point um more than 14 of our population in Durham County is again Hispanic for that next so um this is really really important that we celebrate this month and also find
ways to uh as commissioner Carter mentioned keep working on making sure that everything we do is accessible and Equitable thank you thank you that statement or We're All We Are One we could take that on and live our lives that way that we are one of the country change the world we are down to our consent agenda um and we have um one I don't have a large two three four five six seven eight nine items are there any items that Commissioners wish
to pull up but with your permission not to pull but 30 seconds for a comment it will not hold on which one uh seven three two seven three two yes a quick 30 second comment 30 seconds yes Mia I just want to highlight our counties counties across the state um are trying to figure out how to tackle affordable housing they're trying to figure it out that is not what this board is doing this board is packed on affordable housing a lot of times it is lift up to cities to come up with some of these Partnerships and I just want to thank staff I want to thank the manager I want to thank the folks who have been coming to us with some of these really unique Partnerships my number could be off so let me say that for the folks watching but I feel like this board has done almost 2 000 units of affordable housing this year based on my
calculation I could be off with the Partnerships we've had so I'm just excited about this three and a half million dollars that we're putting forth to partner with other groups to do affordable housing and lastly for those of you all that did not see it last week you know I along with mayor O'Neal and uh councilwoman Freeman were able to break ground on 132 units of housing in Northeast Central Durham a lot of it is downtown and I think we should have affordable housing downtown because when downtown wasn't popping they they were fine with it and now the defects down there they want to move folks out but there is something to be said about having some geographical diversity and I'm just happy that there's 132 units coming not my neighborhood it is slated to be for 60 Ami and lower I am over 30 seconds I will stop and also it will have free internet free internet for all its residents so just know we're not just thinking about housing people we want them to be successful in the house okay what I'm gonna do because what
happens when you get into proving the consent agenda and one of us start talking then everybody wants to comment on it so I'm gonna ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda and then okay thank you second okay it's been moved improperly second to approve and agenda all in favor bye if I passes five to zero now if you'd like to make comments regarding one of those items at this point um commissioner Jacobs I think you have your hand out you want to do that yes thank you madam chair um I did want to comment on the item around hollerock Nature Park and I also wanted to request since these are items that weren't on our work session um agenda and these are new if the staff could um really um The Cooperative Extension just be
able to inform the community about all the things that are involved with item 23-0163 because that is very exciting uh what Cooperative Extension is doing but related to um holler at Nature Park I I had to take a point of privilege personally because this is something that's near and dear to my heart I was involved in the formation of this park and the and also the master plan and I just want to express my gratitude to the penny family Carolyn and Wade penny for this uh additional conservation easement if that really increases the size of the park by 10 percent and this is the first expansion of the park since it was formed in 2006 and honestly the entire park would not even have been there without their generosity as landowners and the Park formed as a
real partnership with the penny family with triangle and conservancy's Conservancy Durham County government Durham city government Orange County and Chapel Hill and I think it's a real model of and also the Irwin area neighborhood Group which I was chair of at that time really came together along with our awesome staff Jane chorus and her team who were successful in getting over a million dollars of funding from the Clean Water Management trust fund and the ecosystem enhancement program this has become a very popular park for the community people really love it and now they're going to be more Trails for people to enjoy when you look at the map you can see on the Durham County side there is a lot of development around this park and as we grow and as we approve our new comprehensive land use plan and our densifying this these types of places for people to get out and get exercise and enjoy
nature are only going to be even more important and I also want to highlight the historic Hollow Rock store that you see when you come in um to park there there's a whole Vision where this is a former Country Store that was sitting in Jan gray a Potter's backyard and had been moved there but originally had been a country store and you know a lot of people in our community um don't know what country stores really felt like or looked like and So the plan is and it's pretty intact inside is to one day turn it into a museum and also give young people a chance to learn about the history of of this area where the red clay Ramblers played in that store Richard Trice who is a black blues musician lived nearby he played there so there's a really rich history and there's just great potential for this park and I am also I'm just very
grateful to the penny family and to our staff for making this possible thank you thank you did something that staff wanted to say no okay all right thank you um there was one thing I want to say about um on the 4-H I'm gonna think staff for really working on this 4-H program so vital for our young people and I'm I'm just realized you have taken that on and really uh increasing that program so thank you I want to go ahead something about that so I
thought okay um yes uh chair Hodgson Commissioners donrie Walt County Extension director 4-H is one of the oldest Youth Development programs in the country and it's also one of the largest I think a lot of us you know think about Rachel and our grandparents or stay but we also think now about all the things that youth can benefit from in our community whether it's computers whether it's the outdoors whether it's healthy living whether it is learning how to access the college becoming an entrepreneur learning a new job skill such a range of things that our youth need we know there's a crisis among Our Youth and mental health and in so many other things that you all certainly have lifted up many occasions and we are really excited about the use of these funds to further that kind of deep youth work in our community one of the things I think it's great to highlight Hispanic Heritage Month the creation uh and bringing of a nationally
recognized puntos to Durham County which is a program that helps Latino families and youth in high school and middle school access kind of the past graduation and a path to college we will also be partnering with Durham Tech in this process as well as NC State where the based and it will be very much a wraparound kind of program that has family education but also opportunities for for youth to access experiences with college um and can make those connections with their high schools and middle schools so we're really excited about that we've actually hired that staff and who will be getting started we look forward to sharing that with you uh the other the other part of this work is kind of expanding our health and wellness um aspects around 4-H we will have a program assistant who also helps support this this work just in general getting youth access to more social activities we've increased our camp out through this funding as well as Camp
scholarships so we're really going to be excited about sharing that more broadly next year so whether it's residential camp getting a week away from home can be a life-changing experience for almost any youth but a youth who maybe has never had the opportunity to spend the time and out of doors or to be with their peers in that type of setting it's really powerful so we also will use that those funds to help support scholarships for our day camps as well so there's a myriad of other things that I could go on and on about but I appreciate your support for Youth and I really look forward to you seeing this program because it is definitely partially because you all are make this Investments thank you so much Donna you know one of the things that is so evident um the manager commissioner Jacobs and I were at Rotary um recently and we spoke there and one of the things that came up for us was there's so many things that we do that the community just doesn't know
about um and we just got to figure out more and more how do we get the patient out there to the community and I know our van that we ordered will be another year or so before will it be another year or so before we get that you know six to eight and what that is when I say a van it's a will be a community band that will go out into the community where we can have these conversations but we do so much when you talk about housing affordable housing we I was just in DC there were lots of conversation around affordable housing um National Association of counties have a team of folks that they put together media committee around affordable housing so there's a lot happening around these issues and it's just not affordable housing the lack of
not just Durham it's all over I know we we focus on Durham but it's it's all over the country anything else for anyone Okay so now we are at our board and official appointment attorney um so for tonight we have several important appointments and from your voting we have four audit oversight committee the select digital is Manuel Rojas for the board of adjustment County resident position selected Scott both build for the community child protection selected Brunel
or Durham Workforce Development selected Raymond trap for environmental Affairs aboard you've select it the navigation gitanjali worry and for the library Board of Trustees you've selected Tracy Jackson thank you attorney um and congratulations to all the citizens that um are appointed we appreciate your service um we have over 40 some boys in commissions so we thank you for your service these boards and anything else for the good of the Lord hearing on I will ask for a motion to adjourn so move
it has been moved and properly second all in favor hi motion approved I all right I feel like to our neighborhood College visitors this is the shortest meeting we've ever had yeah well like I'm kind of shell-shocked actually come back every meeting to our neighborhood I know