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V.D Presentation Regarding S3 Connect - Commissioner Bill Carver Commissioner Bill Carver provided a Power Point presentation regarding S3 Housing Connect. A copy of the presentation is attached and incorporated into these minutes. The purpose of the presentation is first, to recognize and encourage the people that are involved in S3 and second, to impart the impact that S3 makes on the County, the impact on non-profit resources, and the effort S3 makes in rehousing people to get them into a permanent stabilized status. The most recent point in time count reflected 89 sheltered and 28 unsheltered homeless people. For affordable housing, the target is not to pay more than 30% of household income to provide housing. Commissioner Carver stated that Lee County is about 1,000 affordable units short of what is needed. The issue is how much money people have to put down and where housing can be located. Local providers and types of local resources include but are not limited to Outreach Mission who provide shelter, Salvation Army which has a day center, the Bread of Life day shelter, Family Promise which provides temporary housing, H3 (Health, Health, and Hope), United Way, Brick Capital, Johnston Lee Harnett Community Action, Sandhills Center, Daymark Recover Center, Haven which assists domestic violence victims, and Lee County Social Services Department. A number of the County and State services all send representatives to meetings on a monthly basis to coordinate with people who are on the streets helping. The role of S3 is to leverage and coordinate private and public resources. The greater the severity of a family's situation, the greater the community cost when unhoused. Multiple resources that are not coordinated result in inefficient duplication of services and coordinating for the population not being served. Commissioner Carver stated that leveraging existing sources to increase capacity is an argument for consideration along with moving struggling existing population to wholeness to improve these lives. He added that he would like to find a role in County Government to encourage and supplement this effort. VI. MANAGERS REPORTS Dr. Crumpton stated that a letter has been received from Johnston Lee Harnett Community Action requesting the building that Elections is vacating on Steele Street. They are looking to expand services and are requesting a donation of the property. Elections will be in their new building likely in late June. The Register of Deeds is moving locations to their newly renovated building this week and will be closed Friday as their computer systems are moved from one location to the next. The District Attorney's Office may be moving in June to their new offices which would allow renovations to begin in the main courthouse in July. VI.A March 2021 Financial Report Assistant County Manager/Finance Director Lisa Minter presented the Monthly Financial Report for March 2021, a copy of which is attached and incorporated into these minutes. March 2021 financial report.pdf monthly sales tax analysis2020-2021 .pdf historical sales tax analysis2020-2021 .pdf countywide sales tax analysis 2020-2021 .pdf