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Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />Stephen H. Ha/kiods, Vice Chair <br />Margaret W. Bro"" <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Barry Jacobs <br />Orange County Commissioners <br />P. O.. Box 8181 <br />200 S Cameron Street <br />Hillsborough, NC 2 72 78 <br />December 15, 1998 <br />North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources <br />Mobile Source Emissions Reduction Grants <br />Go Ms. Shelley Miller <br />Division of Air Quality, Mobile Sources Compliance Branch <br />P. O. Box 29580 <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 -0580 <br />Dear Ms. Miller. <br />d <br />\rt <br />2 <br />Please be advised that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorses the <br />attached resolution from the Town of Carrboro in its quest for funding from the "Mobile <br />Source Emissions Reduction Grants" administered by the North Carolina <br />Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality. <br />County Commissioner Stephen H. Halkiotis has volunteered his time to work with the <br />planning committee that includes representatives from the Town of Carrboro, a teacher <br />in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro School System, Orange County citizens concerned about <br />air quality issues in the Triangle area, and Ms. Lynn Moody, Director of Workforce <br />Development for the Orange County School System. <br />Possible locations for the training component of this hands on conversion of gasoline <br />powered vehicles to electric power include the Carrboro Public Works facility, the <br />Orange County Public Works facility, and other appropriate repair and welding facilities <br />on the campus of Orange High School in Hillsborough. Future training could also take <br />place at the newly established Skills Development Center sponsored by Orange County <br />Government and located in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill. <br />The Orange County Commissioners are keenly aware of the need to improve air quality <br />throughout the Triangle area and the need to reduce air pollution from the constantly <br />increasing number of gasoline powered automobiles and trucks. We must all work <br />together to educate our citizenry with respect to the value of "alternative fueled <br />You Count In Orange County <br />AREA CODE (919) 732 -8181: 968 -4501: 688 -7331: 227 -2031: FAX (919) 644 -3004 <br />Eit 2130 <br />