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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 03-08-2018 Regular Board Meeting Orange County Board of Commissioners Agenda Regular Meeting March 8, 2018 7:00 p.m. 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 – Jeffery Beam Jeffery Beam's award-winning works: Broken Flower, Gospel Earth, Visions of Dame Kind, Elizabethan Bestiary: Retold, New Beautiful Tendons, a CD What We Have Lost, Jonathan Williams: Lord of Orchards, and Spectral Pegasus/Dark Movements – a poetry/painting collaboration with Welsh painter Clive Hicks-Jenkins (January 2019 Connecticut’s Kin Press). Composer collaborations: Lee Hoiby—Carnegie Hall premiere Life of the Bee (2001 Albany Record's New Growth); Steven Serpa—Heaven's Birds (2008 Boston’s World AIDS Day), An Invocation (2016 Austin Symphony), The Creatures: A Bestiary (2016 Austin Opera); Holt McCarley—The Hyena (2015, St. Louis); and Daniel Thomas Davis—Family Secrets w/Beam’s Porch Song (2015 UNC-CH, 2016 NC Opera). Forthcoming—a children’s book The Droods (English artist Phil Cooper). Retired botanical librarian (2011 UNC-CH). Beam lives with his husband Stanley of 38 years in Hillsborough. www.unc.edu/~jeffbeam/index.html 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 Opposing a Change from Election of Judges 5. Public Hearings 6. Regular Agenda a. Request to Utilize Social Justice Funds for Emergency Assistance Payments b. Framework for the First Annual Orange County Local Festival 7. Reports 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. Approval of an Additional Automotive Mechanic Position e. Resolution of Approval – Conservation Easement Amendment for Keith Arboretum f. Boards and Commissions - Commissioner Assignments g. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment Outline and Schedule – Four UDO Text Amendments 9. County Manager’s Report 10. County Attorney’s Report 11. *Appointments a. Arts Commission – Appointments b. Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau – Appointments c. Nursing Home Community Advisory Committee – Appointment d. Orange County Planning Board – Appointments 12. Information Items • February 20, 2018 BOCC Meeting Follow-up Actions List • Tax Collector’s Report – Numerical Analysis • Tax Collector’s Report – Measure of Enforced Collections • Tax Assessor's Report – Releases/Refunds under $100 • Memorandum - Updated Lands Public Access Table and Map 13. Closed Session “To discuss the County’s position and to instruct the County Manager and County Attorney on the negotiating position regarding the terms of a contract to purchase real property,” NCGS § 143- 318.11(a)(5). “Pursuant to G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(3) "to consult with an attorney retained by the Board in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege between the attorney and the Board.” 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 video at orangecountync.gov/occlerks/granicus.asp and Orange County Gov-TV on channels 1301 or 97.6 (Spectrum Cable).