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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 05-03-22; 6-b - Consideration of a Resolution Naming the Orange County Visitors Center Conference Room as The Lee Pavao Conference Room 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 3, 2022 Action Agenda Item No. 6-b SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution Naming the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Center Conference Room as The Lee Pavao Conference Room DEPARTMENT: County Manager ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Orange County Property Naming Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2300 Policy 2) Resolution 3) Photographs of Conference Room and Lee Pavao PURPOSE: To consider a resolution naming the conference room at the new Orange County Visitors Center, located at 308 W. Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room". BACKGROUND: Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill Town Council, including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem. Mr. Pavao worked closely with Orange County leaders and the Board of County Commissioners, as well as the Visitors Bureau staff and hospitality industry leaders. Mr. Pavao spent his career in advertising and lent his expertise to area marketing, sales and tourism campaigns to increase tourism in Orange County and in order to support economic development and increased occupancy and sales tax revenues. Lee Pavao joined J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) in New York, but was soon after drafted into the U.S. Army (1956-1958). Pavao returned to JWT New York (1958-1963) before being reassigned to a number of JWT's European offices (Amsterdam 1963-1965, Madrid 1967-1969) before returning to New York. Pavao spent the rest of his career in various JWT offices in Latin America (primarily Sao Paulo and Lima) before being named President and CEO of JWT Brazil in 1980, eventually assuming responsibility for JWT operations across Latin America. Lee and his wife Joan retired to Chapel Hill in 1988, and Joan passed away in 1990. Mr. Pavao threw himself into a second career as a community volunteer, town leader, advocate for tourism development, senior citizens and grandfather. The J. Walter Thompson Company, Lee Pavao papers, were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library at Duke University as a gift in 2019. https://archives.Iib.duke.edu/catalog/owtpavaolee 2 The Lee Pavao papers include advertisements and advertising designs, clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes and planning documents, photographs, presentations, reports, slides, speeches and other materials relating to Pavao's career, primarily in Latin American offices in Brazil and Peru. Client companies represented include Ford, Kellogg and Kodak. In 2012, the Orange County community gave a standing ovation to Mr. Pavao when he became a recipient of the Order of the Long Leaf Pine award for his 30 years of volunteer service in Orange County. In recognition and appreciation of Lee Pavao's contributions to Orange County, the proposal to name the Visitors Center conference room at 308 W. Franklin Street as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room" was initially presented to the Board of Orange County Commissioners for consideration on April 26, 2022. The Board expressed its intent to consider the proposal as outlined in the Board's attached policy. The Visitors Center's official Grand Opening is scheduled for May 19, 2022. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact related to this item. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated with this item. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached resolution naming the Orange County Visitors Center conference room as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room". 3 POLICY FOR INSERTION INTO THE POLICY MANUAL MEETING DATE: February 21, 1989 NUMBER: A-0390 EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 1989 REVISIONS:November 9, 2005 March 3, 2009 November 17, 2015 December 13,2016 POLICY: Orange County Property Naming Policy Policy "Policy Statement" County owned buildings, facilities and land shall bear such names as the Orange County Board of Commissioners shall approve pursuant to this policy. This policy follows all applicable local, state and federal laws, rules and regulations. Purpose This policy is to establish the Board of County Commissioners as the responsible authority for naming of County buildings, facilities, and land. Guidelines 2.1. The naming of public buildings, facilities and land shall be done only by the Board of County Commissioners by resolution adopted by majority vote. 2.1.1. Property to be given names or titles shall be either owned by Orange County government or leased by Orange County government for its use. 2.1.2. Properties to be named or given a title include county-owned or leased buildings. 2.1.3. Official names or titles for property belonging to the County shall only be changed by the Board of County Commissioners as it deems appropriate after a public participation process. 2.1.4. Current names for property belonging to the County shall remain the same unless changed by the Board of County Commissioners upon relocation or change in function of the property. 2.1.5. Property belonging to Orange County may be named for living persons with the following qualifications. a. Any areas or rooms in buildings, other physical facilities,collections of books, records or other printed or audio-visual materials, land or water areas b. Living persons who secure funding and/or make a significant contribution to the life and well-being to Orange County. c. Leased property that has been conferred a name by the lessor that is a person's name need not be renamed if it has locational or other value 4 2.1.6 Official names or titles for property belonging to or leased by the Count- shall be based upon geographical, historical, ecological, functional, or other such factors as the Board of County Commissioners deems appropriate. If a geographical reference of locational value is derived from the name of a person, such as a street name, it may be used in naming County property. a. A public building/facility u n d e r construction/renovation or land purchased for park development or conservation/preservation will be given a "working title" which will only become the official title of the property when formally approved as such by the BOCC b. Memorial naming of a public building, facility or land is in addition to the official title of the building/facility/land and is bestowed in accordance with Section 2.2 of this policy c. Leased property naming will respect historical names that may already be attached to the facility or as may be negotiated with the owner of the building. 2.1.7 Exceptions to this policy of naming property belonging to the County may be made by the Board of County Commissioners as it deems appropriate. 2.1.8 This policy does not apply to the naming of public streets, roads, alleys and other similar thoroughfares. 2.1.9 this policy shall not be construed as the mechanism for selling the permanent naming rights to County structures, buildings, facilities or land. 2.2. Memorial Naming (in honor of a deceased individual) of Public Buildings, Facilities, or Land: In the event Orange County wishes to honor a deceased individual by naming a public Building, facility or land after such an individual, the following shall apply: 2.2.1. The person who is being honored by such a memorial shall have made a significant contribution to the well-being and betterment of Orange County. 2.2.2. The party requesting a memorial shall submit a brief biography of the person to Orange County government for recording purposes. 2.2.3. The memorial naming of a public building, facility or land will be in addition to the official name as defined in Section 2.1.6 of this policy. 2.2.4. Renaming a public building, facility or land which has previously been named in honor of or in memorial to an individual shall only is done in extraordinary circumstances as determined by the Board. Procedures 2.3. A public building/facility under construction/renovation or land purchased for park development or conservation/preservation shall be given a "working title" by staff for easy identification of the property. 5 2.4. The proposed naming of a public building, facility or land may be generated in the following manner. a. Staff shall recommend to the BOCC an official title of the public building, facility or land in accordance with Section 2.1.6 of this policy. Such recommended by staff will be made prior to the completion of any project to construct, renovate or develop the property. b. Any person, firm or association may propose a name for a County owned building, facility or land by submitting the proposal in writing to the County Manager or Clerk to the Board. c. Under certain circumstances the BOCC may wish to set in place a public process for soliciting input in the official naming of a public building, facility or land. 2.5. The County Manager shall prepare a report with recommendations for the proposed naming of the public building, facility or land and present it to the BOCC for consideration at a regularly scheduled public meeting. 2.6. Upon receipt of the report and the recommendations of the manager the BOCC will state its intent to consider the adoption of a resolution for the naming or renaming of the public building, facility or land at the next or some subsequent meeting as determined by the BOCC. 2.7. The Board may determine the public building, facility or land is of significant public interest and direct a notice be published informing the public of the Board's intent to consider the naming or renaming of the public building, facility or land and fix a time and place for a public hearing on the question. 2.8. Upon approval of the resolution by the BOCC, the public building, facility or land shall bear the name assigned to it from and after the date of Board action or such subsequent date as the BOCC may prescribe. 6 RES-2022-025 Attachment 2 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION NAMING THE ORANGE COUNTY VISITORS CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM AS THE LEE PAVAO CONFERENCE ROOM WHEREAS, Lee Pavao served for eight years as an elected official on the Chapel Hill Town Council, including two years as Mayor Pro-Tem, and worked closely with Orange County leaders, board of county commissioners and Visitors Bureau staff to raise awareness of tourism as a key economic driver for Orange County; and WHEREAS, Lee Pavao was born to Portuguese-American parents, served in the U.S. Army (1956-1958) and after graduation from Dartmouth University, joined J. Walter Thompson Advertising Company (JWT) in New York where he spent a globetrotting 30+ year career including postings in five countries and responsibilities for all of Latin America, and ultimately a seat on company's Worldwide Board of Directors; and WHEREAS, Lee and his wife, Joan, retired to Chapel Hill, NC in 1988, and when Joan passed away in 1990, Lee threw himself into a second career as a community volunteer, town leader, advocate for senior citizens and economic development and growing the hospitality and tourism industry; and WHEREAS, The J. Walter Thompson Company, Lee Pavao papers, were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library at Duke University as a gift in 2019 and includes advertisements and advertising designs, clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes and planning documents, photographs, presentations, reports, slides, speeches and other materials relating to Pavao's career, primarily in Latin American offices in Brazil and Peru. Client companies represented include Ford, Kellogg and Kodak: https://archives.lib.duke.edu/catalog/owtpavaolee; and WHERAS: Lee Pavao received numerous honors for his service to Orange County. From the Long Leaf Pine Award bestowed by former NC Governor Beverly Perdue, to Chapel Hill Historical Society's 2014 Town Treasure Honor to the /Orange County Visitors Bureau's Tourism Leadership Accolade, and dozens of additional honors; and WHEREAS, Leonel "Lee" Pavao died at his home on May 13, 2019; NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby recognize the late Lee Pavao for his community service and dedication to Orange County's economy through the development of hospitality and tourism by naming the conference room of the Orange County Visitors Center at 308 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill as "The Lee Pavao Conference Room". This day, the 3rd day of May, 2022. Renee Price, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners r i 0 diW CONFERENCE ROOM �; v y _ i y I i i i t a