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r <br />3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No Q - ~, <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Me®tinq Date: June 2, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Pocket Park for Skills Development Center on Franklin Street <br />-------------------------------- <br />DEPARTMENT County Cozemissioners <br />---------=---------------------- <br />----------------------------- <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br />ATTACHMENT (S) : Pictures <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES X NO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Chair Margaret W. Brown <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: For th® Board to consider renovations to tho aroma between the <br />building and th® sidewalk. <br />BACKGROUND: The renovation plan for the Skills D®velopawnt Center did <br />not includo a design for tho area between Franklin Streot and the <br />entrance to the building. Dick Wilkerson, Professor of Design at NC <br />State University was kind enough to come to this facility with his <br />assistant. Ho created a plan which shows befor® and aftwr pictur®s for <br />a pocket park which would allow seating around tho tr~a and a <br />continuation of tho brick sidewalk up to the building. This was at no <br />charge to tho County. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Refer to tho Chapel Hill Appearance Conmission as part <br />of the Skills Development Center application. <br />