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4 <br /> RES-2016-010 Attachment 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION RE-NAMING THE FARMERS MARKET PAVILION <br /> FOR DAVID PRICE <br /> WHEREAS, in 2002, Congressman David Price secured federal grant funds for Orange <br /> County in the amount of$90,000 to help local officials build a shelter for <br /> the Hillsborough Farmers Market; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the grant funds were used for the construction of the Orange County <br /> Public Market House in the River Park area behind the Orange County <br /> Courthouse in Hillsborough; and, <br /> WHEREAS, Congressman Price continued his efforts to support Orange County and, in <br /> 2003, secured funds for Orange County totaling $900,000 from the <br /> Environmental Protection Agency Special Appropriations Grant funds <br /> program for the construction of the Central Efland and North Buckhorn <br /> sewer improvements; and, <br /> WHEREAS, in 2005 Congressman Price secured $500,000 for additional water and <br /> sewer improvements to the Northern Center and the Mebane-Efland <br /> corridor in the economic development district serving the middle school, <br /> soccer complex and the community of Buckhorn Road; and, <br /> WHEREAS, in 2009 Congressman Price assisted Orange County in efforts to secure a <br /> $237,500 Economic Development Initiative grant from the US <br /> Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support the <br /> establishment of the Piedmont Food and Agricultural Processing Center <br /> in Hillsborough; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> does hereby recognize Congressman David Price for his steadfast <br /> advocacy for Orange County and his efforts to improve the way of life for <br /> Orange County residents by re-naming the Orange County Farmers <br /> Market Pavilion to the Orange County David Price Pavilion. <br /> This the sixteenth day of February 2016. <br /> Earl McKee, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />