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1 <br /> APPROVED 5/21/2019 <br /> MINUTES <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> April 16, 2019 <br /> 7:00 p.m. <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 16, <br /> 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Human Services Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Penny Rich and Commissioners Mark <br /> Dorosin, Sally Greene, Earl McKee, Mark Marcoplos, and Renee Price <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Commissioner Bedford <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEYS PRESENT: John Roberts <br /> COUNTY STAFF PRESENT: County Manager Bonnie Hammersley, Deputy County <br /> Manager Travis Myren, and Clerk to the Board Donna Baker (All other staff members will <br /> be identified appropriately below) <br /> Chair Rich called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. <br /> Chair Rich said that Commissioner McKee will be late, and Commissioner Bedford will <br /> not be attendance tonight. <br /> 1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda <br /> Chair Rich noted the following items at the Commissioners' places: <br /> - PowerPoint presentation for Item 5-a: UDO amendments <br /> - Green sheet: Revised abstract for Item 11-c <br /> Chair Rich pulled item 8-d on the consent agenda to make one change. <br /> PUBLIC CHARGE <br /> Chair Rich acknowledged the public charge. <br /> Arts Moment <br /> Ashley Harris is part of Hear &After, a group of individuals, former youth poets, activists, <br /> musicians, and community organizers who have come together to create spaces for community <br /> art and expression. We seek to empower the people through the tools of spoken and written <br /> word, performance, and artistic expression. Based in Chapel Hill, NC and serving the Triangle <br /> area, Hear &After's goal is to provide a platform to both its members and the community we <br /> serve. <br /> Ashley Harris read a poem dedicated to her grandmother, who passed away a year ago, <br /> about the inequitable honoring on African Americans in southern history. <br /> 2. Public Comments <br /> a. Matters not on the Printed Agenda <br /> Riley Ruske said the light rail is dead and buried, but there is still waste in the public <br /> transit system. He said the only way to get government waste under control is to cut off the <br /> funding, and he asked if the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) would immediately delete <br /> the Article 43 half cents sales tax. <br />