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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 22, 2009 <br /> Action Agenda 6 <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Transition of Orange County Farmers' Market at the Public Market House <br /> DEPARTMENT: Cooperative Extension PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Orange County Farmers' Market Summary <br /> 12-30-08 Eno River Farmers' Market <br /> Transition Memo to Board of County Mayor Tom Stevens, 245-1026 <br /> Commissioners Dr. Fletcher Barber, Jr., 245-2051 <br /> 1-5-09 Oversight Committee Memo to <br /> Board of County Commissioners <br /> 10-13-08 Letter to Hillsborough Farmers' <br /> Market Members <br /> 11-8-08 Hillsborough Farmers' Market <br /> Response to 10-13-08 Orange County <br /> Farmers' Market Letter <br /> Eno River Farmers' Market Statement of <br /> Purpose <br /> Eno River Farmers' Market Draft By-Laws <br /> Eno River Farmers' Market Proposed 2009 <br /> Market Rules <br /> Eno River Farmers' Market 2009 Application <br /> for Membership <br /> Eno River Farmers' Market Farm or <br /> Business Inspection Report <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the transition of The Orange County Farmers' Market at the Public <br /> Market House to an independent organization as recommended by the Orange County Farmers' <br /> Market at the Public Market House Interim Oversight Committee and the Farmers and Vendors <br /> of the Market. <br /> BACKGROUND: In February 2008 the Board approved the temporary administration and <br /> operation of a Farmers' Market at the Public Market House, and established the Orange County <br /> Farmers' Market at the Public Market House Interim Oversight Committee. <br /> The Board directed that the temporary farmers market administration was to "be replaced by a <br /> permanent operational structure to be established by the Board as soon as practicable." <br /> In September of this year, a working group of approximately twelve farmers and artisans who <br /> have been regular vendors at the Public Market House began meeting every other week to craft <br />