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Orange County
Board of Commissioners
Agenda
Regular Meeting
February 6, 2018
7:00 p.m. (After 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Public Information
Session on Potential Northern County Campus)
Richard Whitted Meeting Facility
300 West Tryon Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Note: Background Material
on all abstracts
available in the
Clerk's Office
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# 644 -3045.
1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda
PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Commissioners pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect. The Board asks its
residents to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board and with fellow
residents. At any time should any member of the Board or any resident fail to observe this public charge,
the Chair will ask the offending person to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control.
Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine
commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and
computers should please be turned off or set to silent /vibrate.
Arts Moment- Pam Baggett
Pam Baggett's chapbook, Wild Horses, was a runner -up for the 2017 Cathy Smith Bowers
Chapbook Contest and will be published by Main Street Rag in 2018. Recent poems appear in
Atlanta Review, Cold Mountain Review, Crab Orchard Review, Greensboro Review, and Tar
River Poetry. Work also appears in anthologies, including Forgetting Home: Poems About
Alzheimers and The Southern Poetry Anthology Volume VII: North Carolina. Ms. Baggett is a
Pushcart Prize nominee, a recipient of the 2017 Ella Fountain Pratt Emerging Artists Grant, and
a 2017 recipient of an Artist Project Grant from the Orange County Arts Commission. She co-
hosts the Second Thursday Reading series at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill and teaches free
poetry workshops at the Orange County Main Library in Hillsborough.
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.)
Petitions /Resolutions /Proclamations and other similar requests submitted by the public will not be acted
upon by the Board of Commissioners at the time presented. All such requests will be referred for
Chair /Vice Chair /Manager review and for recommendations to the full Board at a later date regarding a)
consideration of the request at a future regular Board meeting; or b) receipt of the request as information
only. Submittal of information to the Board or receipt of information by the Board does not constitute
approval, endorsement, or consent.
b. Matters on the Printed Agenda
(These matters will be considered when the Board addresses that item on the agenda below.)
3. Announcements, Petitions and Comments by Board Members (Three Minute Limit Per
Commissioner)
4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations
a. Resolution Acknowledging February 27, 2018 as Spay Neuter Day in Orange County
b. Body -worn Cameras for the Orange County Sheriff's Office
c. FY2018 -19 Orange County Schools Continuation Budget
5. Public Hearings
a. Class A Special Use Permit — Solar Array off US Highway 70 in Cheeks Township
6. Regular Agenda
a. Approval of Transfer of Rental Property from CASA to the Town of Chapel Hill for Continued
Affordable Housing Use
b. Resolution Authorizing the Participation in the North Carolina Health Insurance Pool (NCHIP)
c. Recommendations for Employee Health Insurance and Other Benefits
7. Reports
a. Connect 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
b. Broadband Initiatives and Event Timeline
c. Quarterly Update on the Orange County Transit Plan and the Durham - Orange Light Rail Project
8. Consent Agenda
• Removal of Any Items from Consent Agenda
• Approval of Remaining Consent Agenda
• Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda
a. Minutes
b. Motor Vehicle Property Tax Releases /Refunds
c. Property Tax Releases /Refunds
d. Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion
e. Advertisement of Tax Liens on Real Property
f. Resolution Regarding K -3 Class Size Reduction Implementation
g. Declaration of Public Nuisance
9. County Manager's Report
10. County Attorney's Report
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11. *Appointments
a. Go Triangle Transit Citizen Advisory Committee — Recommendations
b. Adult Care Home Community Advisory Committee - Appointment
c. Agricultural Preservation Board - Appointment
d. Arts Commission - Appointment
e. Commission for the Environment - Appointment
f. Human Relations Commission - Appointment
12. Information Items
• January 23, 2018 BOCC Meeting Follow -up Actions List
• Tax Collector's Report — Numerical Analysis
• Tax Assessor's Report — Releases /Refunds under $100
• Memorandum — NC -54 West Corridor Study
• Memorandum — County Government Academy Update
• BOCC Chair Letter Regarding Petitions from January 23, 2018 Regular Meeting
13. Closed Session
14. Adjournment
Note: Access the agenda through the County's web site, www.orangecountync.gov
*Subject to Being Moved to Earlier in the Meeting if Necessary
Orange County Board of Commissioners' regular meetings and work sessions are available via live streaming
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(Spectrum Cable).