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BARRYJACOBS, CHAIR <br />EARL MCKEE, V /CE CHAIR <br />MARK DOROsw <br />ALICE M. GORDON <br />BERNADETTE PELISSIER <br />RENEE PRICE <br />PENNYRICH <br />May 19, 2014 <br />Dear Commissioners, <br />INFORMATION ITEM <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Post Office Box 8181 <br />200 South Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />� 4 <br />"Qtoa <oj� <br />At the Board's May 8, 2014 regular meeting, several petitions were brought forth which were reviewed by the <br />Chair/Vice Chair /Manager Agenda team. The petitions and responses are listed below: <br />1) Review and consider a request for the Board to consider renaming the Central Orange Senior Center for Jerry <br />Passmore ( Retired Department on Aging Director). <br />Response:. Staff to provide information to Board on naming policy, history, potential outcomes of name change, <br />etc. <br />2) Review and consider a request for the Board to provide $2,000 to Fairview Community Watch for its summer <br />program <br />Response: Staff to pursue options including providing funds to Orange Tennis Club, a nonprofit, as well as <br />encourage the group to make future requests as part of normal process. <br />3) Review and consider a request from Commissioner Dorosin that staff provide information to the Board <br />regarding the recent loss of housing units accepting vouchers, the impacts on the individuals in this <br />housing, and what the county might do to mitigate the situation. <br />Response: Staff to provide information to the Board in June 2014 <br />4) Review and consider a request from Commissioner Jacobs that the Board recognize Judson Edeburn for <br />years of work as the former Manager of Duke Forest. <br />Response: Clerk's Office to schedule and develop resolution for Board consideration prior to summer <br />break. <br />5) Review and consider a request from Commissioner Jacobs that staff assist Board members with seeing <br />the combined speaker's podium and AV display structure and its proposed location in the Whitted Meeting <br />Room under construction in order to consider its relocation in the room. <br />Response: Staff to work with Board members to see structure and Meeting Room. <br />This letter will be provided as an Information Item on the June 3, 2014 agenda for public information. <br />Best, <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />