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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 14, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5-S <br />SUBJECT: Agreement with Orange Soil and Water Conservation District for <br />Quentin W. Patterson Photographic Art Collection Projects <br />DEPARTMENT: Soil & Water/County Attorney <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proposed Agreement <br />11/16/04 Letter from Soil & Water <br />Conservation District Chair <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Brent Bogue, ext 2751 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve an agreement between Orange County and the Orange Soil and <br />Water Conservation District that would permit the County to administer a donation of $20,000 <br />and a photographic art collection on behalf of the District, <br />BACKGROUND: Quentin Patterson was along-time employee of the Soil Conservation <br />Service of the US Department of Agriculture and subsequently along-serving member of the <br />Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Board. Among many other talents, Mr. Patterson <br />was an accomplished photographer whose slides were regularly used for educational <br />presentations, bath locally and nationally, Mr. Patterson passed away on December 31, 2002 <br />at the age of 83, Mrs. Evelyn Patterson has indicated that she would like to provide a donation <br />to the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District in Quentin's memory that would preserve <br />his photographic work for future generations, The proposed gift includes a $20,000 monetary <br />donation and the photographic collection, The details of the proposed donation are outlined in <br />the accompanying letter from Orange Soil and Water Conservation District Board Chair Roger <br />Tate, <br />At the December 6, 2004 regular meeting, the Board authorized the County Attorney to prepare <br />an agreement that would permit the County to administer the gift on behalf of the Orange Soil <br />and Water Conservation District, The District is NOT an element of Orange County government <br />but is, like the County, a body politic and corporate under North Carolina law, Accordingly, the <br />County has no inherent authority to accept or administer these memorial gifts on behalf of the <br />District, The agreement prepared by the County Attorney will permit the County to be involved <br />with the gift, with the property given to the County, and by agreement between the County and <br />the District, the property and its proceeds will be used in accordance with the terms of the <br />agreement. <br />