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Board of Commissioners
Agenda
Business Meeting Note: Background Material
December 2, 2019 on all abstracts
7:00 p.m. available in the
Richard Whitted Meeting Facility Clerk's Office
300 West Tryon Street
Hillsborough,NC 27278
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#919-644-3045.
Board Organization
a. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair
b. Designation of Voting Delegate for all NCACC and NACo Meetings for Calendar Year December 1,
2019-2020
1. Additions or Changes to the Agenda
PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Commissioners pledges its respect to all present. The Board asks those attending this meeting to
conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner toward each other, county staff and the commissioners.
At any time should a member of the Board or the public fail to observe this charge, the Chair will take steps to
restore order and decorum. Should it become impossible to restore order and continue the meeting, the Chair
will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. The
BOCC asks that all electronic devices such as cell phones,pagers, and computers should please be turned off
or set to silent/vibrate. Please be kind to everyone.
Arts Moment—Andrea Selch joined the board of Carolina Wren Press 2001, after the publication of
her poetry chapbook, Succory, which was #2 in the Carolina Wren Press poetry chapbook series. She
has an MFA from UNC-Greensboro, and a PhD from Duke University, where she taught creative
writing from 1999 until 2003. Her poems have been published in Calyx, Equinox, The Greensboro
Review, Oyster Boy Review, Luna, Swink, The MacGuffin, Prairie Schooner, The Southern Review
and featured on the Best American Poetry blog. Her full-length collection of poetry, Startling, was
published by Turning Point Press in October, 2004, and reissued by Cockeyed Press in 2009. In
2007, Choreo Collective danced her"Holy Shell Waiting for the Return of the Soul," and"Early
Weaning" at the biennial symposium of Duke University's Sallie Bingham Center for the Study of
Women's History and Culture. She won a 2008 "Hippo"Award from The Monti for her spoken
story, "Replacement Child."Her small collection of Ekphrastic poems, Boy Returning Water to the
Sea: Koans for Kelly Fearing, was published by Cockeyed Press in 2009, and in 2011 a selection of
her work appeared in The Book of Ystwyth: Six Poets on the Art of Clive Hicks-Jenkins. After a
dozen years as President of Carolina Wren Press, she now devotes her time to coaching the Triangle
Equestrian Vaulters, while continuing to work on a second full-length manuscript entitled Oh My
Darling.
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 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. Voluntary and Enhanced Agricultural District Designation—Multiple Farms
b. Proclamation Recognizing Katherine Cheek
c. Proclamation Recognizing Robert Dowling
d. Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness—2019 Data Update
5. Public Hearings
6. Regular Agenda
a. Approval of Budget Amendment#3-A for the Receipt of an Emergency Solutions Grant, and
Creation of a 1.0 FTE Time-limited Position Allocating Current Mental Health Maintenance of
Effort Funds
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. Applications for Property Tax Exemption/Exclusion
e. Resolution to Accompany the North Carolina Department of Commerce's Building Reuse Grant
Incentive Application for ABB, Inc.
f. Proposed Tower Antenna Agreement with Open Broadband for Wireless Broadband
Appurtenances on a County Facility
g. Approval of a Resolution Authorizing a Revision in the Resolution Adopted May 1, 2018 Which
Authorized the Orange County FY 2018-2019 HOME Program Design
h. Advisory Boards and Commissions—Appointments
9. County Manager's Report
10. County Attorney's Report
11. *Appointments
12. Information Items
• November 19, 2019 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 Regarding FY 19-20 Orange County Budget Appropriation for Sidewalk Study—
Orange Grove Road Corridor and Pedestrian Safety
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
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(Spectrum Cable).