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~~~ <br />TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS <br />worl<u <br />Class <br />Region <br />July 1, 2007 <br />4307 Emperor Boulevard, Suite 110 <br />Durham, NC 27703 <br />Mailing Address: PO Box 12276 <br />Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 <br />919.549.0551 FAX: 919.549.9390 <br />www.tjcog.dst.nc.us <br />~IYLEMORANDUM <br />TO: Moses Carey, Jr., Chairman, Oran a County Board of County Commissioners <br />FROM: Dee Freeman, Executive Director <br />SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding -Development and Infrastructure Partnership <br />The Triangle J Council of Governments is very pleased to acknowledge that the <br />University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University, <br />and North Carolina Central University have each agreed to become a participating partner in <br />Triangle J's "Development and Infrastructure Partnership". These four leading universities will <br />join Orange, Durham and Wake Counties, along with Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill and <br />Morrisville in bringing together community and regional partners to work on long-term regional <br />strategies regarding the development and conservation of land, providing infrastructure to <br />support development, and improving mobility. Other regional partners, state agencies, and <br />private sector interests will join the universities and local governments in this three-year <br />initiative. <br />• <br />This initiative is detailed within the May 1, 2007 "Partnership for Development and <br />Infrastructure" brochure included as "Attachment A" to this memorandum. This is the same <br />material provided with Triangle J's D&I budget request dated March 2nd of this year, and it <br />identifies the purpose and mission of the initiative. <br />Over the next three years it is anticipated that the chancellors, mayors, commission <br />chairs, and other department secretaries or agency heads will convene two or three times a year <br />to focus on the most crucial development and infrastructure issues facing the region. These will <br />be substantive and intense meetings designed to concentrate on key issues as we seek new and <br />innovative solutions to these critical concerns -examples of possible results from the partnership <br />are shown in the attached document. It is Triangle J's expectation that the combined wisdom <br />and experience of the partnership's senior leaders will result in at least two or three major <br />conclusions leading to world class initiatives or programs that directly address the development <br />and infrastructure needs of the Triangle. <br />MISSION STATEMENT <br />To serve as an intergovemmenta/ organization for local elected officials <br />that works proactively on regional issues in order to sustain and improve the quality of life for our citizens. <br />t~ <br />