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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 Action Agen~ Item No. SUBJECT: Acceptance of Occaneechi Work of Art on a Loan Basis for Display as Part of Orange County's 250th Anniversary DEPARTMENT: Arts Commission PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 7/8/03 Letter from Sharn Jeffries with Artistic Renderings of Tribal Emblem and Wooden Display Base INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Shannon, ext. 2335 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider accepting a medallion of the Occaneechi Tribal Emblem on a long- term loan basis for display by the Orange County Arts Commission in the lobby of the Orange County Government Services Center in Hillsborough as part of Orange County's 250tH Anniversary Celebration. BACKGROUND: Upon request of Sharn M. Jeffries, Tribal Council Secretary, the Tribal Council has given permission for a medallion of the Occaneechi Tribal Emblem to be displayed by the Orange County Arts Commission in the lobby of the Orange County Government Services Center in Hillsborough. This work of art would be on long-term loan from the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation to Orange County until it can be relocated into the planned Tribal Center at a later date. The display of the medallion would begin during Orange County's 250tH Anniversary Celebration. Joe Liles, Art Instructor at the NC School of Math and Science, designed the Tribal Emblem. The medallion (glass pieces in a circular piece - 33 3/ inches across) was rendered by Robert Cooper. It was presented to John Blackfeather Jeffries by Robert Cooper and his wife, Kitty Cooper, for the Occaneechi Village in Hillsborough. Staff will work with Tribal representatives to determine a suitable location in the lobby of the Government Services Center that is mutually agreeable to both parties FINANCIAL IMPACT: Because the medallion will not be installed permanently, a wooden display base or some other acceptable display means will be constructed to allow for display of the medallion. The Orange County Arts Commission will pay for the construction of the display structure for the Tribal Emblem medallion using existing Arts Commission funds. No additional funds are requested. Construction costs are estimated to be less than $150. This base used to display the medallion in the Government Services Center will eventually travel with the medallion for use as needed in the planned Tribal Center.