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3 <br /> 1 Boundary Agreement, the Criminal Justice Advisory Council, Little River Regional and Hollow <br /> 2 Rock Parks, PFAP, and the Durham Orange Light Rail Transit Plan; and <br /> 3 <br /> 4 WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners desire, on behalf of County officials <br /> 5 and employees, and the residents of Orange County, to express their deep appreciation and <br /> 6 gratitude for the services rendered by Commissioner Jacobs to the County over the past 20 <br /> 7 years. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Orange County Board of Commissioners offers <br /> 10 Barry our very best wishes for success, happiness, prosperity and good health in his future <br /> 11 endeavors. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 This, the third day of December 2018. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by to approve Resolution of <br /> 16 Commendation for Commissioner Barry Jacobs. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Commissioner Jacobs read the following comments: <br /> 21 <br /> 22 NINE IMPERATIVES I TRIED TO FOLLOW FROM THERE TO HERE <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Hold the door open. <br /> 25 Be a conduit for the aggrieved. Listening costs little beyond time, but may matter a great <br /> 26 deal. If you don't listen it's difficult to empathize or have genuine compassion. If you don't act <br /> 27 with compassion or empathy you become that bureaucrat we all love to hate. <br /> 28 <br /> 29 No future. <br /> 30 Don't lose touch with Orange County values, and don't let anyone convince you there's <br /> 31 no such thing. All 15 commissioners with whom I've served, and many before us, maintained an <br /> 32 unflagging commitment to support quality public education, to remain frugal but generous, and <br /> 33 to help those least able to help themselves. We also didn't forget that, while some say children <br /> 34 are our future, there is no future without a healthy environment. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Words matter. <br /> 37 Those in attendance tonight or watching at home or on-line are NOT the audience. <br /> 38 They're the public. This is not a performance and we're not here to entertain, although a good <br /> 39 laugh now and then is welcome. Speaking of word choice, land that is undeveloped is not <br /> 40 vacant. There are living things there, even if someone can't readily exploit them. At all times <br /> 41 resist euphemisms, arcane acronyms and stupid terms of art like passive recreation, a <br /> 42 contradiction in terms. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed to hell, to quote Merle Haggard. <br /> 45 Quit pretending to transparency if you stow items of import on the consent agenda, <br /> 46 where you know they're hidden in plain sight. There's little openness in sacrificing public <br /> 47 consideration to shorten a meeting or avoid discomfort. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Act sincere, even if you don't mean it, to quote Harry Truman. <br />