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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 6, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. ~- Q SUBJECT: Proposed Donation far Orange Soil and Water Conservation District - The Quentin W. Patterson Photographic Art Collection Projects DEPARTMENT: Soil & Water/County Attorney PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 11/16/04 Letter from Soil & Water Conservation District Chair INFORMATION CONTACT: Brent Bogue, ext 2751 Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Chapel Hill Durham Mebane 732-8181 968-4501 688-7331 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider authorizing the County Attorney to craft an agreement between Orange County and the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District that would permit the County to administer a donation of $20,000 and a photographic art collection on behalf of the District. BACKGROUND: Quentin Patterson was along-time employee of the Soil Conservation Service of the U5 Department of Agriculture and subsequently along-serving member of the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Board, Among many other talents, Mr. Patterson was an accomplished photographer whose slides were regularly used for educational presentations, both locally and nationally. Mr. Patterson passed away on December 31, 2002 at the age of 83. Mrs, Evelyn Patterson has indicated that she would like to provide a donation to the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District in Quentin's memory that would preserve his photographic work for future generations, The proposed gift includes a $20,000 monetary donation and the photographic collection, The details of the proposed donation are outlined in the accompanying letter from Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Board Chair Roger Tate. The Orange Soil and Water Conservation District is NOT an element of Orange County government, It is, like the County, a body politic and corporate under North Carolina law. Accordingly, the County has no inherent authority to accept or administer these memorial gifts on behalf of the District. However, the County Attorney has indicated that the County could be involved with the gift if the property were given to the County, and by agreement between the County and the District, the property and its proceeds were used in accordance with the terms of that agreement.