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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. /\ <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 23, 1989 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Orange County Arts Commission Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes � No <br /> Recreation & Parks <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Arts Commission Brochure Wilma K. Tinney <br /> Listing of Local Arts Grant Award Recreation & Parks <br /> Recipients for 1989-90 TELEPHONE NUMBER: Ext. 296 <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> 1. Presentation of Orange County Arts Commission grant awards. <br /> 2. Informational report to the Board regarding activities and goals of the Arts Commission. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Orange County Arts Commission was created by a resolution from the Board of County <br /> Commissioners on February 4, 1985. The Arts Commission is the official county-wide advisory <br /> body on the arts. Its, primary goals are: (1) to serve as the Local Distributing Agent of <br /> State grassroots grant funds for Orange County; (2) serve as a "clearing house" for <br /> information on the arts; (3) facilitate the development of self-sustaining arts programs; <br /> and (4) advise the Board of County Commissioners on matters involving the arts. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Receive as information only. <br />