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~~ rts ~~m «sso~ 3 ~ r ° q <br />~~ <br />Q ~- hoop _ d ~~i ~Qb1e d <br />c. Under certain circumstances the BOCC may wish to set in place a public process <br />for soliciting input in the official naming of a public building, facility or land. <br />2.5. The County Manager shall prepare a report with recommendations for the proposed <br />naming of the public building, facility or land and present it to the BOCC for <br />consideration at a regularly scheduled public meeting. <br />2.6. Upon receipt of the report and the recommendations of the manager the BOCC will <br />state its intent to consider the adoption of a resolution for the naming or renaming of <br />the public building, facility or land at the next or some subsequent meeting as <br />determined by the BOCC. <br />2.7. The Board may determine the public building, facility or land is of significant public <br />interest and direct a notice be published informing the public of the Board's intent to <br />consider the naming or renaming of the public building, facility or land and fix a time <br />and place for a public hearing on the question. <br />2.8. Upon approval of the resolution by the BOCC, the public building, facility or land shall <br />bear the name assigned to it from and after the date of Board action or such <br />subsequent date as the BOCC may prescribe. <br />Commissioner Hemminger said that there should be guidelines about naming a building <br />for a living person. <br />Commissioner Pelissier said that on 2.4b, under Procedures, it should be added that all <br />recommendations would be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that 2.1.9 should be "non-permanent." Also, she thinks that <br />2.2.4 does not need to be in there and Chair Foushee suggested leaving it in. <br />Chair Foushee said that it prohibits a future Board from undoing a memorial name given <br />to a building from a previous Board of County Commissioners. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz <br />to approve the draft policy with the changes - 2.4b as stated by Commissioner Pellisier and <br />adding "non-permanent" in 2.1.9. <br />Geof Gledhill suggested a change in language to 2.2.4 - "Renaming a public building, <br />facility, or land which has previously been named in honor of or in memorial of an individual <br />shall only be done in extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Board." <br />The Board agreed with this language. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />c. Orange County Percent for Art Program <br />The Board considered establishing an Orange County Percent for Art Program by <br />Resolution and Ordinance. <br />Gordon Jamison, an artist and resident in Orange County and member of the Arts <br />Commission, summarized this item. He said that this Percent for Art would ensure a continued <br />commitment to art in Orange County. In North Carolina, there are Percent for Art programs in <br />Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, and Mecklenburg County. He asked the County <br />Commissioners to adopt the proposed resolution. He introduced Jeffrey York, Public Art <br />Administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill, and Janet Kagan, Chair of the Public Art Network, <br />Americans for the Arts. <br />