Agenda - 12-15-2015 - 6a - Minutes

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14 1 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the Board can make exceptions at any time, why amend 2 it in the first place. 3 Commissioner Jacobs said it is good to have specificity. He suggested taking a portion 4 of the 2.1.2 and put it as an exception under 2.1.5. He said he assumed they were doing both 5 for living people and those who secure funds. He said creating a 2.1.5 a, and b, and c should 6 cover all points. 7 Commissioner Price said that is agreeable. 8 Chair McKee said to move 2.1.2, leaving out to include buildings, and make it under 9 2.1.5. 10 Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is a reason that facilities cannot be named after 11 living persons. 12 Commissioner Burroughs said sometimes the advantage of the naming a facility after a 13 deceased person is that their life is complete and known. She noted the example of a school 14 sports field being named after a living coach, who was later found to be a pedophile. 15 Commissioner Jacobs said naming facilities after living people can become political, 16 whereas those who are deceased are more of a matter of community consensus to honor 17 someone. He said this was to avoid the difficulties of honoring a living person who may not be 18 the most deserving. 19 Chair McKee said the Board still has the ability to make exceptions. 20 Commissioner Dorosin said he appreciated the points Commissioner Burroughs and 21 Commissioner Jacobs made. He said he personally believes in honoring people who are still 22 living. 23 24 PUBLIC COMMENT: 25 Good evening. I am Beverly Blythe, and tonight I come before you with a resolution that 26 deals with the renaming of County buildings. The Friends of the Senior Center for Central 27 Orange Board had extended an invitation to the BOCC to attend our meeting last September, 28 and Chair Earl McKee and the County Manager were gracious enough to attend. At that time 29 we indicated we had a resolution in support of renaming the Central Senior Center, and you 30 asked us to wait and present it at the same time the changes came before the Board on this 31 policy. Each of you has been given a copy, and I have extras if someone in the audience would 32 like a copy. (Beverly Blythe read the resolution, which is incorporated by reference, and is 33 located in the permanent record of the meeting in the Clerk's office.) 34 We had discussed naming the rooms and there was strong opposition to doing that. 35 We try to make it easy for our participants to locate the various classes, and this would only 36 make it more difficult for our older population. 37 1 have given you a summary of the 3.5 pages of accomplishments for Jerry Passmore, 38 and would challenge anyone to come up with a more impressive record. Jerry is still helping 39 our center by planning our cruises, which are always sold out, and is one of our fundraising 40 events for the Center. Our Las Vegas night event, which Jerry is responsible for planning, is 41 also one of our most successful fundraising events. He also does the TV program "In Praise of 42 Age" as a volunteer. Not only did he devote 35 years, he is still devoting his time and talents to 43 our center. 44 1 ask you again to please consider renaming the Central Orange Senior Center the Jerry 45 M. Passmore Center, while he is still alive, and give him the honor he deserves. I am simply 46 asking that you do the right thing. Thank you. 47 48 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Price for the 49 Board to adopt the Orange County Property Naming Policy as amended tonight, and refer Ms. 50 Blythe's petition to agenda review.