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21 <br /> #26 - Bona Fide Farms - Commissioner Jacobs <br /> #6 - Raise Age for Juvenile Jurisdiction in Criminal Court- Commissioner Burroughs <br /> #22 - Broadband- Commissioner Rich and Commissioner Price <br /> #23 -Pprotected classes - Commissioner Rich <br /> #19 - Priority School Issues - Commissioner Rich <br /> VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner Price) <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin to <br /> approve the legislative matters resolution on the Orange County detention center property, <br /> attachment three. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7. Regular Agenda <br /> a. New Slogan for Interstate NCDOT Welcome Sign <br /> The Board will review slogans submitted for the Orange County Interstate Welcome <br /> Sign campaign that were submitted by residents and consider choosing a slogan for the sign. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley suggested moving Item 7a to another meeting, due to the late <br /> hour. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Rich to <br /> table Item 7a. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> b. Award of Environment &Agriculture Center Professional Services Agreement <br /> The Board considered authorizing Orange County to enter into a Professional Services <br /> Agreement with HH Architecture of Raleigh, NC for design services for the Environment & <br /> Agriculture Center (EAC) capital project upon final review of the County Attorney; and <br /> authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement and any subsequent design amendments for <br /> contingent and unforeseen design requirements on behalf of the Board. <br /> Jeff Thompson, Orange County Director of Asset Management Services, reviewed the <br /> following information: <br /> BACKGROUND: On September 10, 2015 Orange County received responses to its Request <br /> for Qualifications ("RFQ") issued on August 18, 2015 for professional design services for the <br /> Environment &Agriculture Center capital project in accordance with North Carolina <br /> Procurement Law and the Federal Mini-Brooks Act governing the selection and procurement of <br /> professional services firms. The facility is contemplated to be designed from April 2016 <br /> through the fall of 2016. <br /> Staff reviewed responses from the nine (9) firms listed below. A staff panel consisting of <br /> representatives from DEAPR, Economic Development, Cooperative Extension, Farm Services, <br /> Soil and Water, the Commission for the Environment, and AMS evaluated the RFQ responses <br /> and interviewed the highlighted*firms in October: <br />