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3 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> 2 approve the resolution re-naming the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore <br /> 3 Center, and authorized the Chair to sign the resolution. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Commissioner Pelissier said she is not going to vote for this resolution for several <br /> 6 reasons. She said she talked with Jerry Passmore before the meeting and her decision has <br /> 7 nothing to do with him. She said she has a few philosophical issues, with the first being the <br /> 8 naming of a facility after a living person and the second being the re-naming of an already <br /> 9 named facility. <br /> 10 Commissioner Pelissier said the Board had been working to engage the public at a <br /> 11 greater level than in the past and if a facility is going be renamed, the public should be engaged <br /> 12 in a greater way. She said it is the prerogative of the BOCC to name facilities but notes her <br /> 13 own feelings about this are too strong to vote in favor of this motion. <br /> 14 Commissioner Burroughs said when they discussed this issue last fall, she expressed <br /> 15 her feelings that she does not believe in naming buildings after a living person. She also noted <br /> 16 that her decision has nothing to do with Jerry Passmore because he has contributed so much to <br /> 17 the senior population. <br /> 18 Chair McKee said there is no question that the Board admired the work of Jerry <br /> 19 Passmore, but some Commissioners have strong convictions on the re-naming issue. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 VOTE: Ayes, 5 (Chair McKee, Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Jacobs, Commissioner <br /> 22 Price, Commissioner Rich); Nays, 2 (Commissioner Burroughs and Commissioner Pelissier) <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Commissioner Dorosin read the resolution: <br /> 25 <br /> 26 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> 27 RESOLUTION RE-NAMING THE CENTRAL ORANGE SENIOR CENTER FOR JERRY M. <br /> 28 PASSMORE <br /> 29 <br /> 30 WHEREAS, Jerry Passmore provided executive oversight of the merger of the Chapel Hill <br /> 31 Council on Aging with the Orange County Council on Aging into a unified county- <br /> 32 wide system; and, <br /> 33 <br /> 34 WHEREAS, Mr. Passmore proposed, in coordination with the County Council on Aging, the <br /> 35 Orange County ordinance establishing the first County Department on Aging; and, <br /> 36 <br /> 37 WHEREAS, Mr. Passmore promoted the development of public-private partnerships in serving <br /> 38 older adults, by involving the entire community; and, <br /> 39 <br /> 40 WHEREAS, Jerry Passmore provided executive oversight to the BOCC appointed senior <br /> 41 planning committees that led to the construction and opening of the Robert and <br /> 42 Pearl Seymour Center and the Central Orange Senior Center; <br /> 43 <br /> 44 NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does <br /> 45 hereby recognize Jerry M. Passmore for his visionary planning and <br /> 46 establishing and coordinating needed senior services in Orange County <br /> 47 by re-naming the Central Orange Senior Center to the Jerry M. Passmore <br /> 48 Center. <br /> 49 <br />