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i~ <br /> <br />Resolution of Support <br />Senate Bill 708 <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners has long recognized the need <br />for affordable housing for its citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners promotes a collaborative, <br />county-wide approach to addressing the affordable housing problem in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, Senator Fountain Odom has introduced Senate Bill 708 during this 1999 <br />General Assembly Session; and <br />WHEREAS, this bill would allow counties having a population in excess of 500,000 to <br />provide affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income; and <br />WHEREAS, designating that population size would exclude Orange County from <br />benefiting from the authority granted by this Bill; and; thus; <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners is interested in Orange County <br />receiving the same legislative authority as counties with populations greater than 500,000; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Boazd of Commissioners <br />that Boazd asks the Orange County legislative delegation to request the inclusion of Orange <br />County in Senate Bi11708 -Affordable Housing. <br />This, the 20~' day of April, 1999. <br />3 <br />