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I Chair McKee thanked Commissioner Price and Commissioner Jacobs for their efforts 2 with this memorial. 3 Commissioner Rich said she is a member of the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group. 4 She said the group recently received an update from the Town of Chapel Hill on the artificial turf 5 at Cedar Falls Park. She said the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) spent $670,000 to 6 put artificial turf at this site, and the town added $530,000 for updating the facilities. She said 7 the Town has tracked use of the facilities from when they opened in Fiscal Year 2012 -2013 8 through 2013 -2014. She said there were an additional 67,200 through participants using the 9 field through rentals. She said there were also 7500 people who used the field during open 10 public use hours. During 2012 -2013, prior to the renovations, the number of people using the 11 field was under 5000. She said the use is astonishing. She added people are staying overnight 12 in the area for tournaments, thus creating additional revenue in room rates. She said the 13 project was a very good investment. She thanked the Commissioners for their support of this 14 project. 15 Commissioner Rich petitioned the Board to create an Intern Mentorship Program that 16 would begin in the summer of 2016. She had talked with the Human Resources Director and 17 the County Manager, both of whom feel positive about the potential of this program. 18 Commissioner Rich again petitioned the Board to make the Commissioners' emails 19 public. She has spoken with the County Manager and the IT department and would like to 20 garner the support of the BOCC for this practice. 21 Chair McKee said the technical aspect of getting the emails made public should be 22 able to be determined by the staff fairly quickly, and the petition can move forward. 23 Chair McKee said the artificial turf fields are a very good example of collaboration 24 between Town and County, benefitting everyone. 25 Commissioner Burroughs petitioned the Board to look at the feasibility of sit/stand 26 desks outside of the Health Department for County employees (the health department has 27 already initiated this process). She commented on the likely short and long term health benefits 28 for employees. She asked for staff to research this and to bring information back to the BOCC. 29 Chair McKee said he too attended the Junior Livestock Show and Sale. He said over 30 150 animals were shown by the 4 -H members. He said despite the weather it was a very 31 successful show. 32 33 4. Proclamations/ Resolutions/ Special Presentations 34 a. Proclamation Recognizing Chapel Hill High School's Fencing Team Winning the 35 2015 State Championship 36 The Board considered approving a proclamation recognizing the Chapel Hill High 37 School Fencing Team for winning the 2015 State Championship and authorizing the Chair to 38 sign. 39 Commissioner Rich read the following proclamation: 40 41 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 42 PROCLAMATION OF RECOGNITION FOR 43 CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL'S FENCING TEAM WINNING THE 44 2015 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 45 46 WHEREAS, on February 21, 2015 the Chapel Hill High School Fencing Team captured the 47 North Carolina Fencing League's State Championship; and, 48 49 WHEREAS, under the guidance of Coach Doug Guild, Chapel Hill High School's Fencing 50 Team earned its third state title, also winning the trophy in 2012 and 2014; and,