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