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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. _
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: October 21, 1997
SUBJECT: Naming of the Southern Human Services Center
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)
BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) {#
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Policy and Procedure for Naming County John M. Link,Jr.
Owned Buildings and Facilities TELEPHONE NUMBERS: --ext.2300
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 9684501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 227-2031
PURPOSE: To introduce the topic of naming of the Southern Human Services Center by brief
report of the Owe County Policy md Procedures Concerning the egg 9f the
County Owned uildinas wd Facilities.
BACKGROUND: The New Southern Human Services Center is expected to be finished and ready
for occupancy by February 1, 1998. The attached county policy provides the
process by which the Board may wish to consider potential names for this
building.
RECOMMENIIATION(S): It would be appropriate for the Commissioners to direct the County
Manager to prepare a report for the Board's consideration,as
described in the Orange County Policy and Procedure Concerning the
Naming of County Owned Buildings and Facilities, and upon receipt
of that report, for the Board to take whatever action on the proposed
naming of the building that it deems suitable.
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ORANGE COUNTY POLICY AND PROCEDURE CONCERNING THE NAMING OF COUNTY
OWNED BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
The following policy and procedure shall apply to the naming or
renaming of buildings and facilities owned by Orange County.
1. County owned buildings and facilities shall bear such names as
the Orange County Board of Commissioners shall approve pursuant
to this policy.
2 . Any person, firm or association may propose a name for a County
owned building or facility. Such proposal shall be made in
writing and filed with the County Manager.
3 . The County Manager shall prepare a report concerning the
proposed naming. The report shall contain such information as
the County Manager deems appropriate but should, in most
instances, contain the following information:
a. The proposed name of the facility;
b. The existing name of the facility, if applicable;
C. Whether other County buildings or facilities bear the
proposed name;
d. Whether the same name is proposed and currently pending for
some other publicly owned building or facility within Orange
County.
e. If the building or facility if frequented by the public for
a number and variety of uses, whether the proposed name
would be confusing because of other public or private
facilities or structures bearing the same or similar names;
f. A brief description of the building or facility for which
the name is proposed;
g. If the proposed name is that of an individual, a brief
description of the individual's contribution to the
community.
4 . The report and the Administration' s recommendation shall be made
to the Orange County Board of Commissioners by the County
Manager.
5. Upon receipt of the report and the recommendation, the Board of
Commissioners will consider the adoption of a resolution stating
its intent to consider the naming or renaming of the building or
facility at the next or some subsequent meeting determined by
the Board of Commissioners. If the building or facility is a
significant public structure, the Board may, at its option,
direct that a notice be published informing the public of the
Boards intent to consider the naming or renaming of the proposed
building or facility and the fixing of a time and place for a
public hearing on the question.
6. The building or other facility shall bear the name assigned to
it by the Board from and after the date of the Board's approving
action or such subsequent date as the Board of Commissioners may
prescribe.
7. This policy and procedure does not apply to the naming of public
streets, roads, alleys, and other similar thoroughfares.
S . Under unusual circumstances and for reasons satisfactory to
the Board of Commissioners, the Board may name a County owned
building or facility without following the procedures set forth
herein.
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