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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 16, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: Naming of County Owned Buildings and Facilities <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolutions John M. Link,Jr. <br /> Letter from O. Kenneth Bagwell,Jr. TELEPHONE NUMBERS: --ext.2300 <br /> County Policy Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: Per the County policy, the Manager is submitting the report and recommendation on <br /> naming certain County owned buildings and facilities. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 21, the BOCC briefly discussed the process by which to consider <br /> naming the Southern Human Services Center, which is expected to be completed by February 1, <br /> 1998. The Manager provided the attached policy which provides the process by which the Board <br /> may wish to consider potential names for County buildings. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): <br /> 1. One recommendation has been received by Commissioner Gordon recommending that <br /> "Orange County Southern Human Services Center"be the official name for the facility <br /> on Homestead road. The Manager concurs with this recommendation and further <br /> recommends that the attached resolution be approved by the BOCC to that effect. <br /> 2. One recommendation has been received by Judicial District 15B Bar that the new <br /> Superior Courtroom be named for Judge Gordon F. Battle retiring after serving the <br /> Orange and Chatham district for twenty years. The Manager concurs with this <br /> recommendation and further recommends that the attached resolution be adopted. <br />