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Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Agenda <br /> Regular Meeting Note: Background Material <br /> November 1, 2018 on all abstracts <br /> 7:00 p.m. available in the <br /> Richard Whitted Meeting Facility Clerk's Office <br /> 300 West Tryon Street <br /> Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> Compliance with the"Americans with Disabilities Act"-Interpreter services and/or special sound <br /> equipment are available on request. Call the County Clerk's Office at(919)245-2130. If you are <br /> disabled and need assistance with reasonable accommodations,contact the ADA Coordinator in the <br /> County Manager's Office at(919)245-2300 or TDD#919-644-3045. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Board of Commissioners pledges its respect to all present. The Board asks those attending this meeting to <br /> conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner toward each other, county staff and the commissioners. <br /> At any time should a member of the Board or the public fail to observe this charge, the Chair will take steps to <br /> restore order and decorum. Should it become impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair <br /> will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The <br /> BOCC asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones,pagers, and computers should please be turned off <br /> or set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. <br /> Arts Moment — Zachariah Claypole White — Introduced by OCAC Advisory Board Member Doris <br /> Friend. He has been an award-winning, published poet since elementary school. In 2017 he <br /> graduated Oberlin College with a major in creative writing, a minor in English literature, and was <br /> inducted into Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. He is a member of the North Carolina Writers' <br /> Network and the North Carolina Poetry Society. His poetry has recently appeared in the Albion <br /> Review, The Plum Creek Review, and Scalawag. He will be featured in Be a Writer Like... <br /> (forthcoming from Teaching That Makes Sense), and his flash fiction has appeared in Anchala <br /> Studios' anthology, The Collection: Flash Fiction for Flash Memory. Zachariah uses his lifelong <br /> struggle with mental illness to fuel his writing and hopes that he can use his art to help others with <br /> similar disabilities. He lives in Hillsborough, NC, is a bookseller at Flyleaf Books, and is currently <br /> working toward the publication of his first chapbook, Roads I Know. <br /> 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) <br /> (We would appreciate you signing the pad ahead of time so that you are not overlooked.) <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda(Limited to One Hour—THREE MINUTE LIMIT PER <br /> SPEAKER—Written comments may be submitted to the Clerk to the Board.) <br /> Petitions/Resolutions/Proclamations and other similar requests submitted by the public will not be acted <br /> upon by the Board of Commissioners at the time presented. All such requests will be referred for <br /> Chair/Vice Chair/Manager review and for recommendations to the full Board at a later date regarding a) <br /> consideration of the request at a future regular Board meeting; or b) receipt of the request as information <br /> only. Submittal of information to the Board or receipt of information by the Board does not constitute <br />