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1 <br /> <br /> Attachment 1 1 <br /> 2 <br />DRAFT MINUTES 3 <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 4 <br />REGULAR MEETING 5 <br />November 1, 2018 6 <br />7:00 p.m. 7 <br /> 8 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, November 1, 9 <br />2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, in Hillsborough, N.C. 10 <br /> 11 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Vice Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Mia 12 <br />Burroughs, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price 13 <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Chair Dorosin 14 <br />COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts 15 <br />COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager 16 <br />Travis Myren and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will be identified 17 <br />appropriately below) 18 <br /> 19 <br />Commissioner Rich called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. She said the Board of 20 <br />County Commissioners (BOCC) would open the public hearing in agenda item number 5, but 21 <br />the hearing would be continued to February 5th. She said notice would be given about this 22 <br />meeting. 23 <br />Commissioner Rich said Chair Dorosin would be unable to attend tonight. 24 <br /> 25 <br />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda 26 <br /> 27 <br />Commissioner Rich noted the following items at the Commissioners’ places: 28 <br />- Pink sheet for proposed addition to the agenda as item 4-b: Proclamation Honoring Jaki 29 <br />Shelton Green, NC Poet Laureate under Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations. 30 <br /> 31 <br />The Board agreed by consensus to add this item to the agendas as Item 4b. 32 <br /> 33 <br />- PowerPoint for Item 7-a 34 <br />- Map hand out of proposed North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) widening 35 <br />and realignment of Eubanks Road 36 <br /> 37 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said there is an informational meeting on November 5th at Southern 38 <br />Human Services Center on the TIP Project No. I-3306A: Proposed Widening of I-40 from I-85 39 <br />to the Durham County Line in Orange County. 40 <br /> 41 <br />PUBLIC CHARGE 42 <br /> The Vice Chair dispensed with the reading of the Public Charge. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Arts Moment 45 <br />Doris Friend, Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) Advisory Board Member, 46 <br />introduced Zachariah Claypole White: 47 <br />Mr. White has been an award-winning, published poet since elementary school. In 2017 48 <br />he graduated Oberlin College with a major in creative writing, a minor in English literature, and 49 <br />was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. He is a member of the North Carolina 50