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9 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 WHEREAS, Lee and his wife Joan retired to Chapel Hill, NC in 1988, and while Joan passed <br /> 3 away in 1990, Lee used his years of award winning advertising and business skills to dedicate <br /> 4 countless hours to the Orange County Department on Aging, including the Orange County Task <br /> 5 Force for Senior Needs in Southern Orange, the Chapel Hill Senior Center and the Robert and <br /> 6 Pearl Seymour Center; and <br /> 7 <br /> 8 WHEREAS, Mr. Pavao also served the community through his work with the Chapel Hill Parks <br /> 9 and Recreation Commission, the Public Library Board and Foundation, the Ronald McDonald <br /> 10 House, the Orange County United Way, and the Orange County Visitors Bureau; and <br /> 11 <br /> 12 WHEREAS, Lee was elected to the Chapel Hill Town Council for two terms, serving as Chapel <br /> 13 Hill Mayor Pro Tern from 2000-2001; and <br /> 14 <br /> 15 WHEREAS, Lee was an active Board Member of the Orange County Visitors Bureau for many <br /> 16 years, growing Orange County jobs and the economy through tourism; and <br /> 17 <br /> 18 WHEREAS, Lee had great passion for his work with older adults to bring a modern one-stop- <br /> 19 shop senior center to Chapel Hill, which culminated in 2007 with the opening of the Robert and <br /> 20 Pearl Seymour Center; and <br /> 21 <br /> 22 WHEREAS, in 2012, Mr. Pavao received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award for his 30 years <br /> 23 of volunteer service in Orange County; and <br /> 24 <br /> 25 WHEREAS, Lee Pavao, a long time Orange County volunteer and civic leader, died at his home <br /> 26 on May 13, 2019 surrounded by family; and <br /> 27 <br /> 28 WHEREAS, Lee's sense of humor, generosity, and compassion for others will be greatly <br /> 29 missed; <br /> 30 <br /> 31 NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, on behalf of the <br /> 32 residents of Orange County, express our deep appreciation, gratitude and respect for the <br /> 33 services rendered by Lee Pavao to the County and beyond over the course of his lifetime. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 This the 4th day of June 2019. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 A motion was made by Commissioner Price seconded, by Commissioner Bedford <br /> 38 for the Board to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 41 <br /> 42 His daughter thanked the Board of County Commissioners for recognizing her father <br /> 43 being a force a nature, and he had such a kindness and no malice in this man. She <br /> 44 thanked them for giving him the conduit for doing his work. He did not judge and on behalf <br /> 45 of her family, they have such gratitude to the Board for giving him this second life after his <br /> 46 wife died. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 8-f Tax Refund Request—John C. Guibert III (MOVED UP) <br /> 49 The Board will consider a resolution denying a refund request submitted by John C. <br /> 50 Guibert III. <br />