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19 1 Commissioner Price said as soon as the BOCC endorses this project, the process to 2 raise funds can begin. 3 Commissioner Price said the design will be flexible and would be able to go almost 4 anywhere. 5 Commissioner Rich said this is a great addition to the Southern Human Services 6 Center site, as the re-development process of this site moves forward. 7 8 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs for the 9 Board to: 1) Approve in principle the siting of a future Veterans Memorial upon the Southern 10 Campus in accordance with the recently approved Campus Master Plan, with development 11 contingent upon the approval of the Memorial according to the design guidelines and other 12 requirements stipulated within the approved Special Use Permit issued by the Town of Chapel 13 Hill; 2) Authorize the Manager and staff to participate in the ongoing project planning process; 14 and 3) Reserve the right of final construction approval contingent upon Board approval of: 1) 15 ownership, 2) design; 3) budget and certification of adequate development and construction 16 funds raised; and 4) approve of an ongoing operations and maintenance agreement for the 17 Memorial. 18 19 Bruce Runberg, Co—Chair of the Veterans Memorial Committee, thanked 20 Commissioner Price and Commissioner Jacobs for their involvement. He said the Committee is 21 very pleased with the proposed site. He said in regards to the raising of funds, if this proposal 22 is endorsed tonight, the campaign will begin tomorrow. 23 Commissioner Jacobs acknowledged the County Manager as being the person who 24 originally suggested the Southern Human Services Center as the potential site for this 25 memorial. 26 Chair McKee said the Stanford Middle School students originally wanted to make their 27 presentation to the Board of Commissioners, and he had encouraged them to make their 28 presentations to the Veterans' Memorial Committee directly. 29 Chair McKee asked if the Chapel Hill Town Council is being closely communicated 30 with, as they have already approved the site in the cemetery. He said the project should be a 31 unified one between the two entities. 32 33 A motion was made by Commissioner Price to add a friendly amendment to ensure 34 that Orange County works jointly with Chapel Hill. 35 36 Commissioner Rich said she thought this was already part of the motion. 37 Jeff Thompson said the guidelines in the SUP are limited; simply following a set of 38 guidelines that are published. He said the ownership, the operations agreement, and the 39 design of the Memorial would be under the approval of the Board. He said, with the friendly 40 amendment, Chapel Hill would have the ability to approve alongside the Board. 41 Commissioner Price said she would like to have some of the approvals done jointly with 42 the Town of Chapel Hill, as the Town has already put in so much effort. She said the abstract 43 seemed to read that the Memorial is an Orange County project, and she wanted to see it as a 44 joint effort with the Town of Chapel Hill. 45 Bruce Runberg said the Veterans' Memorial Committee also sent a letter to the Chapel 46 Hill Mayor and the Chapel Hill Town Council; and that the Committee would coordinate with 47 Orange County and with the Town of Chapel Hill through this process. He said he does not 48 anticipate any problems. 49 Commissioner Jacobs said under recommendation # 2, they could add the statement 50 "to continue coordination with the Town of Chapel Hill."