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COPY <br />ATTACHMENT A <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: Sitinq Criteria for Southern Branch Library — Final Recommendation <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services <br />(AMS), Library <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Southern Branch Library Locational <br />Criteria <br />Map Denoting Southwestern Orange <br />County <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Lucinda Munger, (919) 245 -2528 <br />Michael Harvey, (919) 245 -2597 <br />Michael Talbert, (919) 245 -2308 <br />PURPOSE: 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: At the June 14, 2012 BOCC work session, staff presented the DRAFT copy <br />of the siting criteria for the southern branch library for 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 a recent article printed within The Chapel Hill News, dated Sept 5, <br />2012, the Town of Carrboro has already begun an internal 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 Report where 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 tasked with defining what `southwest' <br />Orange County referred 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 in the area and did not properly identify all County residents <br />intended to be served by the project. <br />Staff suggests it 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 />7 <br />