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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 19, 2024
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-i
SUBJECT: Appointment of the Orange County Housing Director to the Central Piedmont
Community Action, Inc. Board of Directors
DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Attachment 1: Resolution Clerk's Office, 919-245-2130
PURPOSE: To approve a resolution assigning the Orange County Housing Director(or designee)
as Orange County's permanent representative on the Central Piedmont Community Action, Inc.
(CPCA) Board of Directors.
BACKGROUND: Central Piedmont Community Action, Inc. (CPCA), formerly known as Joint
Orange-Chatham Community Action, Inc. (JOCCA) until March 2016, is a private nonprofit human
service organization established in March 1966 by the Board of Commissioners of Orange and
Chatham counties to seek funds, administer programs and provide services to low-income
families and individuals. CPCA mobilizes resources from federal, state and local governments as
well as private foundations.
Programs are developed and approved under the guidance of the Board of Directors, consisting
of representatives from the private, public and low-income sectors of the counties. Public
representatives on the Board of Directors are designated by the County Commissioners.
Historically, the Director of the Orange County Department of Housing by individual name
has been appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. It is proposed through this
action that the appointment be assigned to the Housing Director position (or designee), and not
a specifically named individual.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal
impact associated with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the
Chair to sign the resolution assigning the Orange County Housing Director (or designee) as
Orange County's permanent representative on the Central Piedmont Community Action, Inc.
(CPCA) Board of Directors.
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RES-2024-017 Attachment 1
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE ORANGE COUNTY
HOUSING DIRECTOR AS
THE PERMANENT ORANGE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, Central Piedmont Community Action, Inc. (CPCA), formerly known as Joint
Orange-Chatham Community Action, Inc. (JOCCA) until March 2016, is a private
nonprofit human service organization established in March 1966 by the Board of
Commissioners of Orange and Chatham Counties to seek funds, administer programs
and provide services to low-income families and individuals; and
WHEREAS, CPCA mobilizes resources from federal, state, and local governments as
well as private foundations; and
WHEREAS, programs are developed and approved under the guidance of the Board
of Directors, consisting of representatives from the private, public, and low-income
sectors of the counties, with public representatives on the Board of Directors being
designated by the County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, historically, the Director of the Orange County Department of Housing has
represented Orange County as a member of the Board of Directors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners designates the position of the Orange County Housing Director (or
designee) as the permanent Orange County representative on the Central Piedmont
Community Action, Inc. (CPCA) Board of Directors.
This is the day of , 2024.
Jamezetta Bedford, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
SEAL