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NORTH CAROLINA
RESOLUTION
ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, on October 1, 1991 the Orange County Recreation and
Parks Advisory Council recommended that Orange County enter into
a joint venture with the Triangle Community Center for
construction of a public swimming pool in central Orange County
which would fulfill one of the goals outlined in Orange County's
adopted Master Recreation and Parks Plan; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has made a commitment to its
residents through its Master Recreation and Parks Plan to
providing swimming pool and other recreation programs available
to the citizens of Orange County at a reasonable cost and without
discrimination among users; and
WHEREAS, on March 1, 1994 Orange County and the Orange
County Community Activity Corporation entered into a Facilities/
Services Agreement related to the construction and the operation
of a Community Activity Center which would include three swimming
pools and other facilities including an ice rink; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Community Activity Corporation, a
non - profit organization authorized to own, operate and manage
recreational activities in the County, agreed to construct and
finance the construction of a Community Activity Center through a
063 -20" financing in which the corporation would issue its own
corporate debt and in which Orange County would not be liable for
any payment of that debt; and
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WHEREAS, Orange County determined in 1994 that it was in the
interest of the County and the people of Orange County that
instead of building and operating its own pool, the County
contract with Orange County Community Activity Corporation to
provide public swimming pools and recreation services through the
operation of the Community Activity Center pools for the benefit
of Orange County residents; and
WHEREAS, Orange County's commitment, as contained in the
March 1, 1994 Facilities /Services Agreement, to Orange County
Community Activity Corporation and to providing swimming pool and
other recreation programs to the residents of Orange County
without discrimination continues.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board
of Commissioners continues to support its goals and objectives:
1. in the operation of the Sportsplex facilities and
continues its commitment, contained in the March 1, 1994
Facilities /Services Agreement between it and the Orange County
Community Activity Corporation ( OCCAC), to the facility and its
operations providing swimming pool and other recreation programs
to the citizens of Orange County on a nondiscriminatory basis
without discrimination among users and in compliance with all
equal employment /affirmative action requirements imposed under
national, state or local law in exchange for the commitment of
OCCAC or its successor to:
- (a) retain or employ maintenance personnel who are
trained and qualified to operate and maintain equipment,
chemicals and supplies; to perform scheduled maintenance and to
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complete all periodic inspections associated with facilities such
as the Community Activity Center (the CAC);
(b) retain or employ a facility manager and aquatics
and skating directors and operators (1) meeting all
specifications and qualifications required by national, state and
local regulatory bodies or organizations whose standards are
recognized in the aquatic and skating communities; and (2
experienced in operations of aquatic and skating centers of the
size and scope of the CAC and (3) experienced in planning and
implementing aquatics and skating instructional classes,
innovative aquatic and skating programs and the schedule of
activities proposed each year by the County Recreation and Parks
Department;
(c) make the facilities and programs of the CAC
available to the public without discrimination among users and in
compliance with all equal employment /affirmative action
requirements imposed under national, state or local law;
(d) establish -fees and charges for the use of the CAC
competitive with similar facilities located in the County, but
with preferential fees and charges to residents of the County for
all pool and skating uses and activities;
(e) assist the County Recreation and Parks Department
in providing special pool or skating activities at the CAC for
its program participants;
(f) establish a schedule of hours, uses and activities
for the pool and skating that is satisfactory to the County, with
changes to such schedule to be made from time to time or in
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special circumstances through agreement between the Corporation
and the County Recreation and Parks Department.
2. To continue to explore with OCCAC and Eaton Vance (the
owner of the OCCAC bonds used to finance the construction of the
CAC) ways in which the success of the County's goals and
objectives with respect to the Sportsplex can be achieved.
Upon motion of Commissioner Moses Carey, Jr. , seconded by
Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis , the foregoing resolution was
adopted this the 13th day of October , 1998.
I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners
for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of
said Board at a meeting held on October 13, 1998 as relates
in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said
proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. 27 of the minutes
of said Board.
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this 15th day
of October 1998.
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Clerk to tfie- Board of /Commissioners
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