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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 15, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-b <br /> SUBJECT: Chapel Hill Town Hall Study Committee <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office, <br /> Asset Management Services, <br /> Visitor's Bureau <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) October 26, 2016 Town Board Travis Myren, 919-245-2308 <br /> Resolution Jeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 <br /> 2) June 27, 2016 Citizen Petition Laurie Paolicelli, 919-245-4320 <br /> 3) Excerpt of March 26, 2015 Agenda <br /> Abstract— Town/County Facilities <br /> 4) June 9, 2015 —Town Hall Facility <br /> Analysis <br /> 5) Visitors Bureau Site Illustrative <br /> PURPOSE: To authorize participation in a Town of Chapel Hill Committee to consider the use <br /> of the Historic Town Hall facility as a visitor and history center and to appoint a Commissioner <br /> representative to the Committee. <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 26, 2016, the Chapel Hill Town Council created a committee to <br /> explore the use of the Town's former Town Hall building for use as visitor and history center. <br /> Although this topic has been discussed in general by the Board of Orange County <br /> Commissioners, no formal action has been taken to include the potential relocation of the <br /> Visitor's Bureau as part of future planning for the Historic Town Hall facility. This abstract would <br /> authorize the inclusion of the Visitor's Bureau in this analysis and appoint a Commissioner <br /> representative to the Committee. <br /> Attachment 1 is the resolution adopted by the Town Council that establishes the Committee and <br /> its composition. Attachment 2 is a citizen petition received by the Town in June of 2016 <br /> regarding the potential colocation of the Visitor's Bureau with the Chapel Hill Museum in Historic <br /> Town Hall. <br /> The Town and County Boards discussed ideas surrounding the future use of Historic Town Hall <br /> and other properties during its joint meeting on March 26, 2015. The portion of the agenda <br /> abstract dedicated to this discussion is attached as Attachment 3. The abstract discusses the <br /> potential options for the disposition of Historic Town Hall and how it could be used as a site for <br /> the Visitors Bureau or other community purpose. The abstract also mentions the potential reuse <br /> of the current Visitors Bureau building. Following this discussion, County staff engaged an <br /> architect and engineer to perform a facility analysis of Historic Town Hall to inform any future <br /> discussion. This report is located as Attachment 4, "June 9, 2015 Facility Analysis". <br />