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5 AGENDA # 12 MEMORANDUM 6 TO: Mayor and Town Council ~ ' , ~ . FROM Committee on the Old Post Office Council Member Kevin Foy, Chair Mayor pro tem Lee Pavao Council Member Joyce Brown Council Member Pat Evans SUBJECT: Report on Preservation and Use of the Old Post Office Building DATE: December 11, 2000 The purpose of this report is to present proposals for the preservation and future use of the Old Post Office building at the corner of East Franklin and Henderson Streets. RECOMMENDATIONS We recommend that the Council adopt the attached Resolution, specific provisions of which would: • Affirm the Council's intent to preserve and maintain the Old Fost Office building as an important community asset. • State the Council's desire to maintain a U.S. Postal Service office in the building, and authorize the Manager to negotiate a new long-term lease with the Postal Service for consideration by the Council. - • Call for continued use of the building by the District Court of the State of North Cazolina. • Request that the Orange County Board of Commissioners and appropriate Court officials, in consultation with the Council, develop along-term use plan for Court facilities at the Old Post, Ofl:ice; and, authorize the Old Post Office Committee to present the Resolution to the County Commissioners and to the Chief District Court Judge as a petition of the Council. • Authorize the Manager to determine an appropriate use for space on the lower floor that formerly was occupied by the, District Attorney, with the understanding that long-term use of the space might revert to the Court or to the District Attorney. • State the Council's intent to continue to provide space to the Franklin Street Teen Center unless the Council determines in the future that a more compelling community need requires the use of the space.