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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 9, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Permitting the Use of County Property and Facilities for Hog Day on November <br />3, 2018 <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager’s Office <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />A – Proposed Access Management Plan <br />to Board of Elections Facility <br /> <br />B – Letter from the Board of Elections <br /> <br />UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br />C – Information on Hog Day – Only <br />Available Electronically <br />at www.Hogday.org <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Travis Myren, 919-245-2308 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To consider a request for the use of River Park, the David Price Farmers Market <br />Pavilion, and other County property for Hog Day 2018 on November 3, 2018 which is the last <br />day of early voting in Orange County. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Session Law 2018-112 established early one-stop voting plan hours for <br />County Boards of Elections. This law requires that all County Boards of Elections be open for <br />voting on the last day of early one-stop voting, Saturday, November 3, 2018. Under Orange <br />County’s approved voting plan, the Board of Elections building must be an early voting site. <br /> <br />The last two days of early one-stop voting have historically experienced the heaviest voter <br />turnout. This pattern of activity has been observed in all election cycles, regardless of the type <br />of election. Based on previous voter turnout, the Board of Elections expects that one thousand <br />(1,000) or more voters will vote on each of the last two days of early voting. <br /> <br />Hog Day 2018 was originally scheduled for September 14th and 15th but was cancelled due to <br />the uncertainty of the impacts of Hurricane Florence. Event organizers have rescheduled the <br />event for November 2nd and 3rd which conflicts with the last two days of early voting. <br /> <br />Hog Day typically runs from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Friday and 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on <br />Saturday. Early voting is open from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Friday and 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM on <br />Saturday. <br /> <br />The Hog Day event typically uses River Park, the David Price Farmers Market Pavilion, and <br />County owned parking lots. Event information is available at www.hogday.org. Due to the size <br />of the event, streets surrounding the Board of Elections Building have been closed in the past, <br />and the Board of Elections parking lot has been used for vendor, band, and staff parking. <br />1