AGENDA DATE: 6/13/2018
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Community Use of County Facilities Policy
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Approval of revised Community Use of County Facilities Policy
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Henry, Kamptner, Freitas
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
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BACKGROUND: Since first adopting a Community Use of County Facilities Policy (the "Policy" on February 10, 1982, the Board has encouraged the use of County facilities by Local Government and the Schools Division for their activities, as well as by outside organizations and groups, as long as their activities do not interfere with County business. The Board reviewed and approved the most recent changes to the Policy on August 6, 2014.
Section 10 of the Policy pertains to the public's use of the parking lots and sidewalks at the County Office Buildings on McIntire and 5th Street. The primary purpose of the proposed amendments is to clarify the public's use of sidewalks and to expand the circumstances when both the parking lots and sidewalks may be closed for public use.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County government's capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities
DISCUSSION: The revised Policy would reorganize Section 10 to address the public's use of parking lots and sidewalks in separate subsections.
Parking lots: Subsection 10(b) would revise the Policy for the public's use of sidewalks, retaining the policy that the parking lots are open for general public use except during County business hours and during meetings of the Board, the Planning Commission, or the School Board (subsection 10(b)(1)), and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. each day (subsection 10(b)(2)). The policy would be revised to authorize the parking lots to be closed to general public use when the County Executive determines that their being open at any other times would conflict with...
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