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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8 - Q <br />SUBJECT: Petition to Rename Orange County Public Market House <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager, Environment, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Agriculture, Parks and <br />Recreation (DEAPR), Asset <br />Management Services (AMS) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Letter from Eno River Farmer's Market <br />May 2009 License Agreement <br />Orange County Property Naming Policy <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Frank Clifton, County Manager, <br />245-2300 <br />David Stancil, DEAPR, 245-2510 <br />Pam Jones, AMS, 245-2650 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a request from the Eno River Farmers' Market to rename the Orange <br />County Public Market House located within RiverPark on the County's main campus in <br />Hillsborough. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Public Market House was constructed in 2007-08 as part <br />of RiverPark and the Orange County Justice Facility Expansion on the main County Campus <br />between Margaret Lane and the Eno River. <br />The Public Market House was constructed and partially funded with a US Housing and Urban <br />Development -Economic Development Initiative grant secured by Congressman David Price. <br />The goal of the $89,415 grant was to provide a location for a farmers' market in the County seat <br />of Hillsborough and promote agriculture and local economic development as well as a gathering <br />place for local events. <br />An open-air covered facility, the structure was named the Public Market House in 2007 based in <br />part on a previous historical structure of the same name in downtown Hillsborough, and in part <br />to cover the spectrum of possible activities in the facility. The construction of the facility was <br />followed by substantial review, discussion and dialogue regarding guidelines, license <br />agreements, and a mediation process among potential users. These discussions took place at <br />several Board meetings between October 2007 and May 2009 (for further reference or <br />research, these meetings were October 9, 2007, January 15, 2008, February 5, 2008, January <br />22, 2009 and May 5, 2009). <br />