Agenda 12-10-19 Business Meeting

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Orange County Board of Commissioners Agenda Business Meeting Note: Background Material December 10, 2019 on all abstracts 7:00 p.m. available in the Southern Human Services Center Clerk's Office 2501 Homestead Road Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Compliance with the"Americans with Disabilities Act"-Interpreter services and/or special sound equipment are available on request. Call the County Clerk's Office at(919)245-2130. If you are disabled and need assistance with reasonable accommodations,contact the ADA Coordinator in the County Manager's Office at(919)245-2300 or TDD#919-644-3045. 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda PUBLIC CHARGE The Board of Commissioners pledges its respect to all present. The Board asks those attending this meeting to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner toward each other, county staff and the commissioners. At any time should a member of the Board or the public fail to observe this charge, the Chair will take steps to restore order and decorum. Should it become impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The BOCC asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones,pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone. Arts Moment—Andrea Selch joined the board of Carolina Wren Press 2001, after the publication of her poetry chapbook, Succory, which was #2 in the Carolina Wren Press poetry chapbook series. She has an MFA from UNC-Greensboro, and a PhD from Duke University, where she taught creative writing from 1999 until 2003. Her poems have been published in Calyx, Equinox, The Greensboro Review, Oyster Boy Review, Luna, Swink, The MacGuffin, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review and featured on the Best American Poetry blog. Her full-length collection of poetry, Startling, was published by Turning Point Press in October, 2004, and reissued by Cockeyed Press in 2009. In 2007, Choreo Collective danced her"Holy Shell Waiting for the Return of the Soul," and"Early Weaning" at the biennial symposium of Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for the Study of Women's History and Culture. She won a 2008 "Hippo"Award from The Monti for her spoken story, "Replacement Child."Her small collection of Ekphrastic poems, Boy Returning Water to the Sea: Koans for Kelly Fearing, was published by Cockeyed Press in 2009, and in 2011 a selection of her work appeared in The Book of Ystwyth: Six Poets on the Art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins. After a dozen years as President of Carolina Wren Press, she now devotes her time to coaching the Triangle Equestrian Vaulters, while continuing to work on a second full-length manuscript entitled Oh My Darling. 2. Public Comments (Limited to One Hour) (We would appreciate you signing the pad ahead of time so that you are not overlooked.) a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda(Limited to One Hour—THREE MINUTE LIMIT PER SPEAKER—Written comments may be submitted to the Clerk to the Board.)