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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:September 18, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.7-a <br />SUBJECT: Siting Criteria for SouthernBranch Library –FinalRecommendation <br />DEPARTMENT:Asset Management ServicesPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />(AMS), Library <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> <br />Southern Branch Library Locational Lucinda Munger, (919) 245-2528 <br />CriteriaMichael Harvey, (919) 245-2597 <br />Map Denoting Southwestern Orange Michael Talbert, (919) 245-2308 <br />County <br />PURPOSE: <br />To approve the siting and locational criteria governing the review and site selection <br />process for the southern branch of the Orange County library. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />At the June 14, 2012BOCC work session,staff presented the DRAFT copy <br />of the siting criteria for the southernbranch libraryfor review and discussion. During this <br />meeting, the BOCC reviewed and discussed comments from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br />and subsequent staff suggested modifications.The attached criteria incorporate(s) these <br />revisions. <br />It should be noted that in arecent articleprinted withinThe Chapel Hill News,dated Sept 5, <br />2012, the Town of Carrboro has already begun aninternal process of evaluating possible sites <br />for the library based on compliance with local development regulations and processes. <br />Designation of library:In past memoranda,staff has consistently referred to this project as the <br />‘southwestern branch of the Orange County library’. The term was coined in the 2004 Library <br />Task Force Reportwhere the Carrboro Library Workgroup recommended a ‘southwest regional <br />branch library’ be established by combining existing services and staff into a new library <br />‘centered in the Town of Carrboro’. <br />At the June 14, 2012 BOCC work session, staff was taskedwith defining what ‘southwest’ <br />Orange Countyreferred to in the context of this project. In reviewing the matter, staff <br />determined the ‘southwest’ quadrant of the County did not necessarily correspond to the highest <br />concentration of population density inthe area and did not properly identify all County residents <br />intended to be served by the project. <br />Staff suggestsit would be more appropriate to refer to this project, in current and future <br />discussion and correspondence, as the ‘southern branch of the Orange County library’. The <br /> <br />