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1 <br />1 <br />Attachment 2 <br />2 <br />3 <br />DRAFTMINUTES <br />4 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />5 <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />6 <br />December 12, 2017 <br />7 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, December <br />10 <br />12, 2017 at 7pm at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br />11 <br />12 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT <br />: Chair Dorosin and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, <br />13 <br />Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />14 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT <br />: <br />15 <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT <br />: John Roberts <br />16 <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT <br />: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br />17 <br />Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br />18 <br />appropriately below) <br />19 <br />20 <br />Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />21 <br />22 <br />1.Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />23 <br />Chair Dorosin noted the following items at the Commissioners’ places: <br />24 <br />-Revised Item 4-d-Bill of Rights Proclamation <br />25 <br />-PowerPoint forItem 6-c <br />26 <br />-PowerPoint for Item 6-e <br />27 <br />-PowerPoint and2017 Popular Annual Financial Reportfor Item 4-e <br />28 <br />-Whitesheet: information from Commissioner Jacobs on Agriculture and Food Initiatives <br />29 <br />-White sheet:information from Durham County:resolution regarding K-3 Class size reduction <br />30 <br />31 <br />PUBLICCHARGE <br />32 <br />Chair Dorosin dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br />33 <br />34 <br />2.Public Comments <br />35 <br />36 <br />a.Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />37 <br />Robin Jacobs is the Executive Director of the Eno River Association(ERA),and she <br />38 <br />presented the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC)with the 2018 Eno River Association <br />39 <br />Calendars. She said she likesto speak to the BOCC annually because ERAvalues its <br />40 <br />relationship withOrange County. She said ERA is about toclose a land protection project that <br />41 <br />will expand the confluence natural area, and protect water quality in the Eno. She said this is <br />42 <br />the thirdpartnership property that ERA has closed with the County this year, and there are <br />43 <br />more in the works. She said two of the properties have been owned by their respective families <br />44 <br />for over 100 years. <br />45 <br />Commissioner McKee asked if the calendar is available to the public. <br />46 <br />Robin Jacobs said the calendar is a fundraiser for theorganization, andthey can be <br />47 <br />found in many stores in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough <br />48 <br />Ed Johnson said the Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) ison the agenda, and he will save <br />49 <br />his remarks until then. <br /> <br />