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Orange County <br /> Board of Commissioners <br /> Agenda <br /> Regular Meeting Note: Background Material <br /> April 2, 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. <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—Fred Joiner is a poet and curator and the newly named Carrboro Poet Laureate. His <br /> work has appeared in Callaloo, Gargoyle, and Fledgling Rag, among other publications. Fred has <br /> read his work nationally and internationally. Joiner is a two-time winner of the Larry Neal Award for <br /> Poetry and a 2014 Artist Fellowship Winner as awarded by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and <br /> Humanities. Most recently, one of Joiner's poems won the Smithsonian's National Museum of <br /> African Art's Divine Comedy Poetry Contest, in response to Konate's textile work. As a curator of <br /> literary and visual arts programming, Joiner has worked with the American Poetry Museum, Belfast <br /> Exposed Gallery(Northern Ireland), Hillyer Artspace, Honfleur Gallery, Medina Galerie (Bamako, <br /> Mali), the Phillips Collection, the Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center, <br /> the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and others. He is the co-founder of The Center for Poetic Thought <br /> currently based at the Monroe Street Market in Washington, DC. Joiner is a Board Member of The <br /> American Poetry Museum and the Orange County Arts Commission. <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 />