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Pam Jones said that the hope was to have a meeting room for the Board of County <br /> Commissioners to meet in and other personnel moving, but because of the economy, it has <br /> been put on hold. As soon as the funds are available, the project will move forward. <br /> Mayor Stevens said that the Town is also on hold about a meeting place. He would like <br /> to start looking at schedules and how to accommodate as many different groups in the usage <br /> of a meeting room. <br /> Brian Lowen asked about the Whitted vacated space when DSS leaves. Pam Jones <br /> said that there are plans to spread staff out to decrease overcrowding. <br /> e) Potential Sale of the County's Downtown Churton Street Buildings for Business <br /> Use <br /> Mayor Stevens said that Hillsborough has a vibrant downtown and the hope is to find <br /> ways to move out some of the County office space and return it to commercial space. <br /> f) Potential Town Annexation of County Properties on Valley Forge Road <br /> Mayor Stevens said that there are County properties and the Town might be interested <br /> in annexing these properties. <br /> Michael Gering said that the County owns most of Valley Forge Road and the Town <br /> could volunteer to annex it. <br /> Commissioner Nelson said that the action step would be to send a letter for voluntary <br /> annexation to the Town. <br /> (9 8. Update on the Heritage Center <br /> Laura Blackmon asked Library Services Director Lucinda Munger to give this update. <br /> Lucinda Munger said that because the library is moving to a new facility in 2009, the <br /> library has taken on the N.C. room and has asked the professionals from state archives to help <br /> with inventory and evaluation of this collection. The goal is the long-term protection of this <br /> collection. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that the Board of County Commissioners has not discussed <br /> this yet and people have been coming to meetings asking why this room is not moving to the <br /> new library. She asked why there was not room for this at the new library. <br /> Lucinda Munger said that the room is small and holds over 1,700 items. Some of the <br /> collection is damaged. The staff is still considering this. There was some money left to the <br /> library from someone's will and it is now worth over$130,000. This is an option for the money. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board of County Commissioners has three Library <br /> Task Force reports and the Board adopted one of those reports. He has not heard anything <br /> about the Heritage Center and nothing about a site. He said that it could stay in library space <br /> when the library leaves Whitted, and the Board is waiting for a recommendation from staff as <br /> to where to go. He suggested getting a copy of one of the Library Task Force reports and <br /> distributing it to the two boards. <br /> Evelyn Lloyd said that she had some slides of Rebecca Wall if they were needed for <br /> the room. <br /> Michael Gering said that he does not recall if the report identified how the Heritage <br /> Center would be good for tourism, but it is. <br /> Chair Foushee said that staff would bring back to the Board of County Commissioners <br /> the Library Task Force report so that the County Commissioners can move forward with <br /> identifying a space for the N.C. room and Heritage Center and deciding what to do about <br /> naming a room for Ms. Wall. She asked that the naming process also be brought forward. <br /> 9. Adjournment <br />