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26 1 Commissioner Gordon said she thought there had been agreement on what 2 Commissioner Dorosin had said earlier regarding the order for consideration of the issues. 3 Chair Jacobs said this proposal was a general idea to start the conversation and 4 articulate positions. 5 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 7 8 Commissioner Rich said she does not feel comfortable that the concerns of the 9 neighbors have been addressed, and if the Board moves forward with an operating agreement 10 then the neighborhood concerns may not be addressed. 11 Commissioner Pelissier said she has the same concerns. She wants to see this space 12 for arts and she wants to affirm that this is the intention; however, there are no parameters for 13 the usage by OCCC. She feels there is a lot that has to be worked out and she feels more time 14 needs to be allowed for the manager to work with OCCC and other groups. She noted that 15 there are several groups that are partnering and others that are not and this needs to be 16 factored in as well. She would like to specifically ask for more community meetings by OCCC 17 and county staff. 18 Commissioner Price asked about the legality of how this space can be used with an 19 operating agreement with one specific organization and how this works with allowing others to 20 use it. 21 John Roberts said the county can designate an individual group to operate a facility, but 22 he would be opposed to an operational agreement giving a non-profit group full access rights to 23 a governmental facility. He said if the County decides to go that way, he would recommend a 24 license agreement which allows the county to control the other access. He said there is no 25 legality to prevent an operations agreement with this group though. 26 Commissioner Dorosin said it seems there are two questions. One is regarding other 27 uses for space, arts being one. He said that, in that context, there can be a discussion, 28 especially regarding concerns of the neighbors. He said the primary concern seems to be with 29 regard to big events, but not art classes and other smaller functions during the day. He said 30 there may be some consensus already about this. He said that if there is agreement on this, 31 then the question becomes whether this is something to work out with OCCC or with other 32 groups. He said there are some advantages to having OCCC take over some of these 33 responsibilities but he is hesitant to add another layer of bureaucracy. He wondered if there is 34 a way to support the OCCC while accommodating other groups and the neighbors. 35 Chair Jacobs said the easy part is that there is a desire to share the space, primarily for 36 arts related uses, and by non-profit community organizations. 37 38 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to 39 4) Show support for additional uses for the Whitted space, primarily for arts related uses by 40 non-profit organizations. 41 42 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 43 44 45 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner Price to: 46 5) Direct staff to work with the Orange County Cultural Center and other arts organizations on 47 potential uses of the facility and direct those organizations and staff to have outreach meetings 48 with neighbors and address their concerns. 49 50 Commissioner Rich asked about the goal of this motion.