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Attachment 2 <br /> 1 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 MINUTES <br /> 3 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 4 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 5 VIRTUAL BUSINESS MEETING <br /> 6 DECEMBER 15, 2020 <br /> 7 7:00 p.m. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Orange County Board of Commissioners met for a Virtual Business Meeting on Tuesday, <br /> 10 December 15, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Renee Price, Vice Chair Jamezetta Bedford, <br /> 13 and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Amy Fowler, and Jean Hamilton <br /> 14 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> 15 COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> 16 COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County Manager <br /> 17 Travis Myren, Interim Clerk to the Board Greg Wilder, and Assistant Deputy Clerk II Allen <br /> 18 Coleman (All other staff members will be identified appropriately below) <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Chair Price called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Due to current public health concerns, the Board of Commissioners conducted a Virtual <br /> 23 Business Meeting on December 15, 2020. Members of the Board of Commissioners participated <br /> 24 in the meeting remotely. As in prior meetings, members of the public were able to view and <br /> 25 listen to the meeting via live streaming video at orangecountync.gov/967/Meeting-Videos and on <br /> 26 Orange County Gov-TV on channels 1301 or 97.6 (Spectrum Cable). <br /> 27 <br /> 28 In this new virtual process, there are two methods for public comment. <br /> 29 • Written submittals by email <br /> 30 • Speaking during the virtual meeting <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Detailed public comment instructions for each method are provided at the bottom of this <br /> 33 agenda. (Pre-registration is required.) <br /> 34 <br /> 35 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Chair Price noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br /> 38 PowerPoint Presentations (from staff and Applicant) for item 5-b <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Chair Price said there are 111 people signed up for public comment on 5-b, and it is not <br /> 41 possible to hear all of those this evening. She said the Board of County Commissioners <br /> 42 (BOCC) should determine how many speakers are heard this evening. She said staff <br /> 43 suggested hearing from the first 20 individuals tonight, and scheduling a follow up meeting to <br /> 44 hear from the remaining speakers. She said it is up to the Board if more speakers are allowed <br /> 45 to sign up in the interim. She proposed several possible dates for follow up meetings. <br /> 46 Commissioner McKee suggested December 16, 17 and 21. He said he is open to <br /> 47 hearing from 20 speakers this evening, and would like to hear from everyone within the month <br /> 48 of December, and does not think it fair to the public to wait until January. <br /> 49 Chair Price said the audio/video team is not available on December 17. <br /> 50 Commissioner Dorosin said holding a meeting tomorrow seems unreasonable. He <br /> 51 agreed it will likely take 3 meetings, which will push into January. He said he thinks 25 <br />