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1 <br /> <br />APPROVED 6/19/2018 <br /> MINUTES <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />REGULAR MEETING <br />June 5, 2018 <br />7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 <br />at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in Hillsborough, N.C. <br /> <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 /> <br /> Chair Dorosin called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. <br /> <br />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Commissioner Rich asked if item 8-h could be pulled from the consent agenda, since <br />many people are here to speak tonight. <br />Chair Dorosin said to change 8-h to item 4-c. He suggested moving item 11-b up in the <br />agenda, and making it item 4-d <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner to move <br />items 11-b and item 8-h up on the agenda. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br /> Chair Dorosin noted the following items at the Commissioners’ places: <br />- PowerPoint for Item 4-a: VAD <br />- PowerPoint for Item 4-b: Bike Safety Campaign <br />- PowerPoint for Item 5-a: Public Hearing <br />- PowerPoint for Item 5-d: Public hearing <br />- PowerPoint for Item 7-b: Millhouse Road Park Affordable Housing Options Feasibility Update <br />- Manager Report <br />- Aqua handout: Net Neutrality- proposed petition from Commissioner Rich for May 19th <br />consideration <br />- Light Blue sheet: Chapel Hill’s Proclamation- National Gun Violence Awareness Day- <br />Commissioner Rich <br /> <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> <br /> Katie Murray, Arts Commission Director, introduced the Arts Moment: <br /> <br />Arts M oment - Ashley McIlwain Nissler holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson <br />and teaches at the Duke Creative Writers’ Workshop. Her work has been in Cricket, Ladybug, <br />Strange Horizons, Tar River Poetry, Literary Mama, poemeleon, The Black Boot, Vestal