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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 19, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. & -'G <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Public Market House Market Manager Responsibilities, Market <br />Vendor Rules, and Daily Fee for Market Vendors, and Creation of Public Market House <br />Interim Oversiaht Committee <br />DEPARTMENT: Cooperative Extension PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Orange County Center <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Market Manager Responsibilities <br />2) Public Market House Vendor Rules <br />3) Public Market House Interim <br />Oversight Committee Charge and <br />Appointment Chart <br />(INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Dr. Fletcher Barber, Jr., 245-2051 <br />Mark Danieley, 245-2062 <br />PURPOSE: To create the Public Market House Interim Oversight Committee, approve the <br />Public Market House Market Manager responsibilities and market vendor rules and to set a daily <br />fee for market vendors. <br />BACKGROUND: At the February 5, 2008 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the <br />Board received the Manager's three recommended options for the administration and operation <br />of the Farmers' Market at the Public Market House (the "Market"). The Board discussed. the <br />three options and received public comments at that time. The Board voted to approve the third <br />option presented, as revised by the Manager, which authorized the County to operate the <br />Market on an interim basis under an organizational structure to be determined by the Board. <br />The Board also authorized the Manager to begin recruiting a Market Manager to serve as the <br />primary administrator of the Market. Staff is now seeking approval of certain operational and <br />organizational items related to the Market so that it will be on schedule to open on the first <br />Saturday in March. The proposals attached are intended to establish a temporary <br />organizational structure for the initial operation of the Market during the 2008 growing season <br />only. This temporary operational structure will be replaced by a permanent operational structure <br />to be established by the Board as soon as practicable. <br />Cooperative Extension Staff is currently recruiting a temporary employee with the necessary <br />knowledge and experience to serve as Market Manager. The specific responsibilities of this <br />temporary employee are proposed on Attachment 1 for the Board's consideration. The Market <br />Manager will not be permitted to vend at the Market. Staff is currently pursuing various avenues <br />for notifying prospective applicants of the new position, and several applicants have already <br />been identified. These recruitment efforts include: contacting relevant personnel at local