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1 <br /> APPROVED 1/23/2014 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> November 5, 2013 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br /> November 5, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Orange Senior Center, in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: Interim County Manager Michael Talbert, Assistant County <br /> Managers Clarence Grier and Cheryl Young and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other <br /> staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair Jacobs reviewed the following items at the Commissioner's places: <br /> - Lavender Sheet - Petition from Commissioner Rich <br /> - White Sheets - Petitions from the public regarding tenant's rights <br /> - Item 4b. —Map for Voluntary and Enhanced Agricultural District Designations for <br /> Multiple Farms— Dunn, Neville, Compton, Shambley, Durham, Johnson, and <br /> Thompson <br /> - Yellow Sheet - Revision to 5a - Minutes (September Stn) <br /> - Pink Sheet— related to legal notice for item 5-f- Legal Advertisement for Quarterly <br /> Public Hearing — November 25, 2013 <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Jacobs dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Tish Galu and Delores Bailey, co-chairs of Justice United's Affordable Housing Action <br /> Team, shared in the reading of the following statement: <br /> We are here tonight with a petition to have you endorse the Declaration of Tenants' Rights and <br /> Responsibilities as a housing guide. <br /> In developing this document, the Justice United Affordable Housing Team partnered with the <br /> UNC Civil Legal Assistance Clinic, whose students assisted our research and provided the state <br />