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Attachment 1 3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> C BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: %% <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-c <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Veterans Memorial Site on the Southern Campus <br /> DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks & <br /> Recreation <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Site Locator Jeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 <br /> 2) Copy of April 29, 2015 Electronic David Stancil, 919-245-2522 <br /> Letter to BOCC Chair Commissioner Barry Jacobs, 919-245- <br /> 2130 <br /> Commissioner Renee Price, 919-245- <br /> 2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve in principle the siting of a future Veterans Memorial upon the Southern <br /> Campus in accordance with the recently approved Campus Master Plan and authorize the <br /> Manager and staff to participate in the ongoing project planning process. <br /> BACKGROUND: Over the past several years, interested Orange County residents and <br /> supporters of honoring the contributions and service of Orange County veterans have organized <br /> in an effort to raise funds, site and construct a Veterans Memorial ("Memorial") within Orange <br /> County. In the past several months, these supporters have raised modest funds for this effort <br /> and have focused efforts on siting the Memorial in the Chapel Hill area, working in conjunction <br /> with Town of Chapel Hill staff. <br /> In the spring of 2015, representatives from the Board (Commissioners Barry Jacobs and Renee <br /> Price) and County staff began meeting with the committee. During these meetings, the potential <br /> for locating the memorial on County-owned sites in southern Orange County was discussed, <br /> and ultimately, strong interest was reflected for the Southern Human Services Center campus. <br /> On April 13, a class of students at C.W. Stanford Middle School, which had been working <br /> independently on a class project to design a veteran's memorial, presented their designs to the <br /> committee. The committee also had the opportunity to walk the Southern Campus site with the <br /> project designer to look at possible locations, and expressed interest in the former home site <br /> within the campus. <br /> On April 21, 2015, a meeting of the Veterans Memorial Committee with Town and County staff <br /> was held at the Chapel Hill Library to discuss and reach consensus on requesting the siting of <br /> the Memorial on or near the former Hoyle home site in compliance with the recently approved <br />