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7 <br /> <br /> <br />b. Designation of Voting Delegate for all North Carolina Association of County <br />Commissioners (NCACC) and National Association of Counties (NACo) Meetings <br />for Calendar Year December 1, 2018-2019 <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Marcoplos to <br />appoint Commissioner Dorosin to the NCACC for Calendar Year December 1, 2018-2019. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />Commissioner Price volunteered to serve at the NACo representative for Calendar Year <br />December 1, 2018-2019. Commissioner McKee seconded. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br />Commissioner Price asked if staff could provide an update on light rail. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said she would work with staff to provide an update on this item <br />under her comments later in the meeting. <br />Commissioner Price asked to move up Item 11-a -Appointments to the Orange County <br />Justice Advisory Council to Item 4-e. <br />The Board agreed by consensus. <br /> <br />PUBLIC CHARGE <br />The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> <br />Katie Murray, Arts Commission Director, introduced Emily Buehler for the evening arts <br />moment: <br /> <br />Arts Moment – As a child, Emily Buehler wanted to be an artist, but she ended up studying <br />chemistry. She attended graduate school at UNC, and then became a bread baker at Weaver <br />Street Market, where she quickly noticed how much chemistry is involved in making bread. <br />Teaching bread class for The Artscenter, where students responded enthusiastically to <br />discussions of science, inspired Emily to write Bread Science, a book about the science and <br />craft of baking, written in understandable language. She realized her childhood inklings had <br />been correct, and she was meant to be a writer. Emily’s second book, Somewhere and <br />Nowhere, is a memoir of a bicycle trip from New Jersey to Oregon that explores the benefits of <br />living in the present moment. Self-help author Ragini Michaels describes the book as “An <br />enjoyable and worthy read for anyone interested in living a more balanced and happy life.” <br />Emily is currently working on a fiction novel. She also copyedits academic papers and fiction <br />writing. She advocates for self-publishing and welcomes the new opportunities authors have in <br />the digital age. Emily lives in Hillsborough, where you can often see her bicycling through town. <br />She serves on the board of the Eno River Farmers Market. Her favorite things include letters <br />sent through the mail, Made-in-the-USA knee socks, and very dark Fair Trade chocolate. She is <br />also passionate about recycling. <br /> Emily Buehler read a short scene from her bicycle memoir, where she is in the Bitterroot <br />Valley in western Montana in July, during very hot weather with minimal shade. She said she <br />and her friend Mary arrived in the town of Darby and decided to stop for the night. <br /> <br />2. Public Comments <br />