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Resolution to name the 203 building as Drakeford Library Complex
PURPOSE: To request that the Town Council recommend adopting the resolution naming the 203 building as Drakeford Library Complex.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Recreation, Parks & Cultural Resources
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: JG Ferguson, RPCR Director - 919-918-7375, jgferguson@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The 203 project was the working title for this new building. The naming committee is formally recommending Drakeford Library Complex.
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Information
INFORMATION: While the 203 Project has been the working title for the entirety of the project both Orange County and Town of Carrboro worked together to form a committee to recommend a name to both Orange County Commissioners and Town of Carrboro Council. The committee members from Town of Carrboro are Councilmember Fray and Councilmember Posada. The Orange County representatives are Commissioner Greene and Commissioner Richards. Also on the committee was two members from the Friends of the Library, Alexandra Brown and Nerys Levy.
The committee began to meet in the spring of 2024 and agreed to follow Orange Counties naming policy and quickly decided to include community engagement with the “Name that Building” survey that received over 200 responses. After reviewing the results from the community engagement the committee formal voted on September 24, 2024 to recommend that the building be named Drakeford Library Complex.
Orange County Commissioners will be voting on a similar resolution for naming the facility.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: The Town Manager proposes that the Town Council adopt the attached resolution (Attachment A) to name the 203 building as Drakeford Library Complex.
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