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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />Attachment 3 <br />DRAFT MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />February 20, 2018 <br />7:00 p.m. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, February 20, <br />2018 at 7pm. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Dorosin and Commissioners Mia Burroughs, <br />Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, Renee Price and Penny Rich <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br />Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified <br />appropriately below) <br />Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br />Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Chair Dorosin noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br />- PowerPoint for Item 6 -a, <br />- PowerPoint for Item 4 -b <br />- Yellow sheet: hand out for 7b <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />Chair Dorosin dispensed with the reading of the problem. <br />Arts Moment - Aaron Belz <br />Aaron Belz's poetry has been published in American journals such as Fence, Boston <br />Review, Eleven Eleven, and Z6calo Public Square, and internationally in publications such as <br />Van Gogh's Ear, Jacket, and Tears in the Fence. He has given readings in numerous venues <br />ranging from literary salons and bookstores and university classrooms to improve workshops, <br />literary festivals, and comedy festivals. Mr. Belz has released three full - length books, The Bird <br />Hoverer (2007), Lovely, Raspberry (2010) and Glitter Bomb (2014) and has one forthcoming: <br />Soft Launch (2019, Persea Books). Aaron lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina. The late John <br />Ashbery remarked, "Aaron Belz's poetry reminds us that poetry should be bright, friendly, <br />surprising, and totally committed to everything but itself. Reading him is like dreaming of a <br />summer vacation — and then taking it." <br />Aaron Belz read two poems. <br />2. Public Comments <br />a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br />Chair Dorosin said Ellie Kinnaird wished to speak to an item on the consent <br />agenda, and asked the BOCC if it would be acceptable to allow her to speak at this time. <br />