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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. - T~ ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Resolution R~ <br />Hundredth (1 <br />nizing and Congratulating the Town of Carrboro on its One- <br />Anniversary <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Resolution <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Bernadette Pelissier, <br />BOCC Chair, 245-2130 <br />Commissioner Barry Jacobs, 245-2130 <br />Frank Clifton, 245-2300 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a resolution recognizing and congratulating the Town of Carrboro on <br />its one-hundredth (100th) anniversary. <br />BACKGROUND: On March 3, 1911, the Town of Venable, North Carolina, located just west of <br />Chapel Hill and named after then president of the University of North Carolina Francis P. <br />Venable, was incorporated as a new town. The town's name was changed to Carrboro in 1914 <br />after Julian Shakespeare Carr bought the local cotton mill and donated electricity and actual <br />streets to the town. <br />On March 3, 2011, the Town of Carrboro is celebrating its one-hundredth (100th) anniversary. A <br />draft resolution recognizing and congratulating the Town on its one-hundredth (100th) <br />anniversary is attached for Board consideration. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with approval of the resolution. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize <br />the Chair to sign the resolution and direct the Clerk to the Board to forward the resolution to the <br />Town of Carrboro. <br />