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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 9, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. „5.- <br />SUBJECT: Southern Orange Senior Center Design Committee (SOSCDC) -One New <br />Appointment <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office, ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 245-2130 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider appointing an additional member to the Southern Orange Senior <br />Center Design Committee. <br />BACKGROUND: The Southern Orange Senior Center Design Committee has met several <br />times and has decided upon an architect. It has come to the attention of the BOCC that, a <br />citizen, Mr. Lee Pavao has expressed an interest in serving on this committee. Mr. Pavao <br />helped find and design the current location of the Senior Center at the Galleria. His skills and <br />expertise will be very useful during the design process. Mr. Pavao is willing and eligible for <br />appointment. If the BOCC decides to appoint Mr. Pavao, an additional At-Large seat wilt need <br />to be made. <br />Charge: The Committee will assist designers in interpreting the needs assessment information <br />that will be presented and approved by the Board of County Commissioners prior to the <br />commencement of the design process. The Committee will assist as may be needed in public <br />information initiatives that may occur during the design/construction .process; and it will <br />recommend the final plan for the Southern Orange Senior Center to the County Commissioners <br />for approval prior to bidding of the project. In addition, the Committee will assist in planning an <br />event celebrating the opening of the Center in 2006. A subgroup of the Committee will <br />participate in the architect selection process. <br />Original composition: The composition of the Design Committee was approved by the BOCC <br />as follows on December 9, 2003, as outlined below. Also, the Chair of the Advisory Board on <br />Aging appointed a Special Committee to review all the applicants for the Design Committee. <br />The Special Board Committee was composed of the leadership of the Aging Board (Chair, Vice- <br />