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Attachment 2 4 <br /> Report to Council <br /> June 27, 2016 <br /> As you know, many citizens of Chapel Hill were disappointed when our Town decided it could no longer <br /> afford a museum and were unwilling to support it with any funds. (As a former Chair of the Board, I was <br /> particularly disappointed.) We now are pursuing a unique opportunity to open a new museum and <br /> relocated Visitor's Center in the old town hall once vacated by the IFC Kitchen.This is a brief summary of <br /> the activities that have taken place with regard to the utilization of the old town hall as a relocated <br /> Orange County Visitor's Center and Chapel Hill Museum. <br /> • Met with the Orange County Visitor's Bureau Board and made a presentation on the proposal. I <br /> believe it is safe to that the general concept of combining the Visitors Center with the Chapel <br /> Hill Museum was met with enthusiasm. <br /> • We have met with the IFC on several occasions to discuss their schedule, look at alternatives for <br /> the kitchen and keep lines of communication open. <br /> • We are scheduled to talk with Chancellor Folt after the Fourth of July to enlist the University's <br /> support for the idea, provide Chancellor Folt with a similar update to this presentation this <br /> evening and explore the potential for some economic aid for the effort. <br /> • We have reviewed the report provided by the County for the upgrade of the old town hall. <br /> While a number of us believe that the estimates are on the high side for the repairs that need to <br /> be made we recognize that a variety of different sources of funds will be necessary to not only <br /> renovate the building but up-fit the space for both the visitor center and the museum. <br /> • We have contacted five old board members of the museum who have expressed an interest in <br /> helping in any way to revive the museum. <br /> • We anticipate having a reconstituted Chapel Hill Museum Board of Directors this year who can <br /> work in concert with the Visitors Bureau Board of Directors,the Chapel Hill Town Council and <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners. <br /> Thanks for your enthusiasm and support for this idea. <br /> Rev. Robert Seymour Alan E. Rimer <br />