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15~ 4 Chair Willhoit agreed that the pay-as-you-go plan is attrGctive. However, the needs to be met need to be prioritized and steps of implementaiton for these immec,iate needs taken. Chair willhoit reiterated that the pay-as-you-go will yield eight and one half million after 5-1/2 years. He recommended lin}:ing the approval of the sales tax. with the committment nn the pay-as-you-go ar a bond issue.. Conunissioner Lloyd agreed that the school needs can not wait for S-1/2 years. Commissioner i4hitted indicated that tl~e motion for the passage of the sales tax is not flexible enough to address the needs as identified by the task force and expressed concerns of levying the tax by resolution. (1) By resolution the County will receive at this time 91~ of the proceeds. (2) The food tax is regressive; and (3) in municipalities where they operate water and sewer systems they would be mandated to spend.40y of the tax on water and sewer. That is not the case in the Orange County municipalities so the people must pay the 1/2 cent sales tax and also bear the full cost of water and sewer. Therefore, Commissioner Y7hitted did not support the motion for the these reasons stated above and because of the construction of the motion. Chair willhoit stated that the schools have significant needs and the county must make an effort to meet those needs. 6aithaut the sales tax, a property tax would be needed. He indicated he believed the sales tax would pass in a referendum and recommended to go ahead and pass it at this time. He felt the property tax would give the landowner a reason for raising the rent which would put the burden on. the low income and senior citizens. Commissioner ~?arshall expressed a desire to take the issue of the sales tax to the citizens of the County for their input and felt the advantages on the referendum outweigh doing it by resolution. Chair j^7illhoit noted that if the sales tax is not passed by resolution the municipalities would not be able to include the 1/2 cent sales tax in their budgets for 1984-SS. I•iotian was made by Commissioner tiYalker, seconded by Commissioner Lloyd for the adoption of the one-half ~ sales and use tax with 80/20 split with the pay-as-you-go plan. VOTE: Ayes 2; P7oes 3 (j~Tillhoit, Whitted, tarshall) Notion was made by Corunissioner Lloyd, seconded by Commissioner walker to adopt the one-half ~ sales and use tax with 80~ of the money going to school capital for a period of 5•-1/2 years to be effective on June 1, 1984. VOTE: Ayes 3; Noes 2 (Marshall, whitted). = Thompson reported that revisions have been made to the project .since the .February update; the next step is to contact the town of Hillsborough for a meeting. He requested a work session with the Board of Commissioners to hear and consider the revision. A meeting was scheduled for Pionday, April 9, 198# at 5:00. ~I+&I~? ~~BNA_.~QNTN~_ ~RbTNZ,t.•C~ TE~3~&~IyPN~LT,~ Z 1 N F 'Jj~1Sf;~,g Idarvir. Collins, Diretor of Planning, presentee information on the west Orange Land Use Plan (see (;~ in the permanent file for a copy of tha ZPPSt Or_cnae Land Use Plan). I)urina October and November three oublic