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Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Agenda <br /> Regular Meeting Note: Background Material <br /> March 7, 2019 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. At <br /> 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 BOCC <br /> asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones,pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to <br /> silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. <br /> Arts Moment— Steven Petrow is an award-winning journalist and book author who is best known for <br /> his Washington Post and New York Times essays on civility and manners, aging and cancer. He was <br /> recently named as an opinion columnist for the USA TODAY Network. His work has been published in <br /> TIME, The Atlantic, Salon, the Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times and The Advocate. You're likely to <br /> hear Petrow when you turn on NPR's "All Things Considered Weekend," or one of your favorite (or <br /> least favorite) TV networks (MSNBC, PBS, CBS, Fox and CNN). Petrow is the recipient of numerous <br /> awards and grants, including those from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian <br /> Institution, the Ucross Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the National Press <br /> Foundation. In 2017, he became the named sponsor of the Petrow LGBTQ Fellowship at the VCCA, a <br /> prize that is awarded annually. Petrow, with three degrees from Duke University and the University of <br /> California, Berkeley, lives in Hillsborough,N.C. <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 Chair/Vice <br /> Chair/Manager review and for recommendations to the full Board at a later date regarding a) consideration <br /> of the request at a future regular Board meeting; or b) receipt of the request as information only. Submittal <br /> of information to the Board or receipt of information by the Board does not constitute approval, <br /> endorsement, or consent. <br />