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The Board approved the following two changes to the Board of County Commissioners' regular meeting calendar for 2014: changing the start time for the Joint Meeting with Mebane, scheduled for Thursday, September 18, 2014 to 5:30 p.m. with the meeting to start at 6:00 p.m.; and changing the date of the Assembly of Governments Meetings (AOG) from Thursday, November 20, 2014 to Wednesday, November 19, 2014 starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, Hillsborough. j. Resolution for the Naminq of the Cedar Grove Community Center The Board approved a resolution to officially rename the Northern Human Services Center to the Cedar Grove Community Center consistent with the County Property Naming Policy; and authorized the Chair to sign the resolution on behalf of the Board. k. Amendments to the Oranqe County Code of Ordinances Reqardinq Personnel The Board amended Chapter 28 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances to remove the Clerk to the Board as secretary of the Personnel Hearing Board, to clarify certain inconsistencies, and to modify deadlines within the ordinance and authorized the Chair to sign. I. Facilities Use Policy Amendment for Inclusion of Whitted Meetinq Facilities The Board amended the County's Facilities Use Policy to recognize and govern the new Whitted Meeting Facilities. m. A Resolution Commemoratinq Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on the 150t" Anniversary of its Foundinq The Board approved a Resolution Commemorating Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on the 150th Anniversary of its Founding. 7. Reqular Aqenda a. Resolution — Community Use of Schools Facilities for Recreation The Board considered approving a resolution from the Intergovernmental Parks (IP) Work Group supporting the use of school facilities for community recreation purposes and authorizing the Chair to sign. Dave Stancil said this issue has been a topic of much discussion over the years. He said finding ways for public use of gymnasiums, playing fields, and tracks has long been a desirable goal for local athletic programs and leagues as well as public usage, and it promotes public health goals. He said the potential for use of these facilities is also an opportunity to avoid future costs by precluding or delaying the need for expensive facilities for local sports leagues. He said in 2007 the IP Work Group reviewed current policies; identified key shared issues and assumptions, and from those developed ten (10) guiding principles and three (3) recommendations, which are outlined in Attachment 2. Dave Stancil said the narrative of this document recognizes that accommodation of facilities for public use at the high school and middle school level is more difficult due to the volume of interscholastic use. He said more opportunities were seen at the elementary schools, and there have been efforts to include more fields and facilities in the past several years. He said the guiding principles were eventually adopted by all of the local governments, and school systems began to look at their policies and ask for more information about specific desired usages. He said things then came to a standstill until 2013, when the workgroup again took up the banner to address these issues. Dave Stancil said in 2013 both school systems reworked their policies and revamped their websites to be more user-friendly. He said the memorandum and resolution included in the packet were created by the IP Work Group and is the outcome of that effort.