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APPROVED 4/23/2013 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> February 19, 2013 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, <br /> February 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center, in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Jacobs and Commissioners Mark Dorosin, <br /> Alice M. Gordon, Barry Jacobs, Earl McKee, Bernadette Pelissier, Renee Price and Penny <br /> Rich <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Frank Clifton, Assistant County Managers <br /> Michael Talbert, Clarence Grier and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members <br /> will be identified appropriately below) <br /> NOTE: ALL DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THESE MINUTES ARE IN THE PERMANENT <br /> AGENDA FILE IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair Jacobs reviewed the items at the County Commissioners' places: <br /> - Illustration- for item 5-f, Letter of Support for Durham County's Recreational Trails <br /> Grant Application <br /> - White- PowerPoint for item 4-a, Animal Services Spay Neuter Program <br /> - Rose sheet- 6-c, Resolution from Animal Services Advisory Board — as relates to <br /> the legislative agenda <br /> - Property tax revenue projections — page 18 addition for item 7-b <br /> - PowerPoint for item 7-c, Jordan Lake Partnership & Water Supply Allocation <br /> Process <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> The Chair dispensed with the reading of the public charge. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Annette Smith introduced herself as the parent co-chair for the school improvement <br /> team at Culbreth Middle School. She expressed the school's excitement about the proposed <br /> new science wing at the school and requested Board of County Commissioners to fund the <br /> science wing when the request is considered. She said the wing will be an educational tool <br /> and will also increase the school's capacity by 100 students with the addition of 6 classrooms, <br /> thus delaying the need for an additional middle school. <br /> Principal Beverly Rudolph; science teacher, Fiona Ray; and one student spoke on <br /> behalf of this proposed project and discussed the inadequate science spaces currently being <br /> used and the benefits of the additional space for both teachers and students. <br />