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13 1 Government Services Center, 200 South Cameron Street in Hillsborough for the purpose : "To 2 consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, condition of 3 appointment, or condition of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee; or to 4 hear or investigate a complaint, charge or grievance by or against an individual public officer or 5 employee." NCGS 143- 318.11(a) (6) 6 7• Discussion and Approval of the Items Removed from the Consent Agenda 8• 9 e. Resolution for the Naming of the Rogers Road Community Center 10 The Board considered approving and authorizing the Chair to sign a resolution on behalf 11 of the Board for the official name of the facility to be the "Rogers Road Community Center" 12 consistent with the County Property Naming Policy. 13 Commissioner Rich said the Board has discussed the plaques placed on new buildings, 14 and she would like to make sure the architect of this building is recognized on the plaque. 15 Commissioner Rich said it came out at one of the original Rogers Road meetings that 16 the towns were interested in supporting the community center by paying a portion of the final 17 cost. She asked what the process would be to get the funding, since the towns wanted to be a 18 part of this. She said if this funding is provided, she would also like to know if the towns will be 19 named on the plaque. 20 Jeff Thompson said the Board adopted a policy that states that the architect will be 21 named on the plaque, and that the plaque would come back to the Commissioners for approval 22 of design and layout. He said this will be brought forward in the coming weeks. 23 Bonnie Hammersley said she did have a conversation with the Chapel Hill manager, 24 who said that since the town could not contribute to the provision of sewer, they would be willing 25 to put some money toward the community center. She said that is the only context in which she 26 heard about this. She has not heard anything from Carrboro. 27 John Roberts said Chapel Hill had indicated, since at that time it could not contribute to 28 the sewer, it would increase the amount of contribution to the community center. He said the 29 town has now extended their extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), and indicated that if this 30 happened they would also contribute to the sewer. He said, at the manager's recommendation, 31 he was holding up the inter -local agreement until after the ETJ vote. 32 Bonnie Hammersley said she would contact the town managers about this. . 33 Commissioner Rich said she feels there are two separate issues. She said the sewer 34 may take more time, and she does not want to wait on getting the funding for the community 35 center from the towns. She recommended that these two issues be separate. She said these 36 are not a combined project. 37 Commissioner McKee said if Chapel Hill and Carrboro would like to participate in the 38 funding then he feels the County should invite their participation. He said he agrees with the 39 idea of making sure the architect is on the plaque, and a second plaque could be added later 40 for the town. 41 Commissioner Gordon said she could find no plaque at the Aquatics Center, and that 42 was a partnership between Chapel Hill and Orange County. She suggested looking into this. 43 Chair Jacobs said it would be nice if the towns want to participate, but Orange County 44 decided to move forward with this project no matter what. He noted that Chapel Hill had waived 45 some fees and made some adjustments in its development process to accommodate expediting 46 the construction of the community center. He said it would be good to have a conversation 47 about this with the town managers and mayors. 48 49 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to 50 approve and authorize the Chair to sign a resolution on behalf of the Board for the official name