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3/16/2004
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Minutes - 20040316
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\Board of County Commissioners\Minutes - Approved\2000's\2004
RES-2004-014 Resolution on the Future of the Dix Hospital Campus
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\Board of County Commissioners\Resolutions\2000-2009\2004
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION REGARDING <br />THE FUTURE OF THE DIX HOSPITAL, CAMPUS <br />WHEREAS, Dorothea Lynde Dix was a social reformer, journalist, and skilled lobbyist <br />who as a young woman wrote, "In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt <br />strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do", and who during the <br />middle 1800s woke America's conscience to the plight of the mentally ill; and <br />WHEREAS, in the autumn of 1848 Dorothea Lynde Dix came to North Carolina and <br />toured 36 counties to conduct a census of the mentally ill in jails, poorhouses, and private <br />homes; and <br />WHEREAS, in a "memorial" submitted to the North Carolina legislature, she emphasized <br />the need to remove the insane from jails and recommended modem approaches to the <br />treatment of the mentally ill along with specifics of needed buildings and equipment; and <br />WHEREAS, through the persistent effort of Dorothea Lynde Dix and the personal appeal <br />of James C. Dobbin, an influential legislator from Fayetteville, the legislature was <br />persuaded to adopt in December of 1948 an act that provided for an appropriation and the <br />appointment of six commissioners to select a site and oversee the erection of a hospital <br />that would eventually be named in Dix's honor; and <br />WHEREAS, on February 22, 1856, the first person was admitted, suffering from <br />"suicidal mania" and in the first nine months was joined by 51 males and 39 females; and <br />WHEREAS, over the intervening century and a half, thousands of North Carolinians and <br />their families have been served by Dorothea Dix Hospital; and <br />WHEREAS, today the Dorothea Dix Hospital is situated on a beautiful 425 acre tract of <br />land, accentuated by oak and pecan trees, on the south side of Raleigh with a <br />commanding view of the city skyline, making it the largest tract of undeveloped land near <br />downtown Raleigh with an estimated worth in the millions; and <br />WHEREAS, the disposition of this historic property - perhaps the only tangible <br />collective asset of persons with mental health, substance abuse, and developmental <br />disabilities in North Carolina - is the current subject of much debate and discussion as <br />the State moves to close the facility in 2007; and <br />WHEREAS, a special commission has been established to make recommendations to the <br />legislature, drawing upon views and opinions from individuals and organizations as <br />diverse as mental health advocates and professionals, neighborhood activists, government <br />administrators, park designers, and state historians;
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