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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. II <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Concerning the Establishment of Metropolitan Planning Organizations <br />DEPARTMENT: Commissioners' Office <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1 -Resolution <br />2 -Draft Letter <br />3 -Senate Bill 1164 <br />4 -House Bill 1288 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Alice Gordon <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331. <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: The attached resolution and cover letter are crafted to recommend the formation of a <br />study commission for this issue. <br />BACKGROUND: At a previous meeting, the Board of County Commissioners discussed pending <br />legislation concerning the consolidation of metropolitan planning organizations -and instructed the <br />Chair to write a letter opposing this legislation. Recent events have now indicated that the <br />legislation is likely to pass in some form, but that it might be possible to form a study commission <br />in lieu of immediate passage. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Chair recommends the Board adopt the attached resolution and <br />approve the cover letter for transmittal to the Governor and interested members of the North <br />Carolina legislature. <br />