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32 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />i <br />d <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No 4 <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO FORM A NEW ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION <br />DEPARTMENT <br />-------------------------- - - - - -- ------------------------- - - - - -- <br />DEPARTMENT County Commissioners <br />-------------------------- - - - - -- <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Yes - Two May 25 Memos <br />1. Proposed Revision to Commissioners <br />Goals and Objectives <br />2. Comprehensive Resource Conservation <br />Program <br />PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: _YES NO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT <br />Commissioner Alice M. Gordon <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />PURPOSE: To establish a new Environment and Resource Conservation <br />Department. <br />BACKGROUND: Orange County places a great deal of emphasis on <br />environmental matters, including environmental protection, and <br />therefore has established a Commission for the Environment. <br />Furthermore, in the Commissioner's Goal on Natural Resource Protection, <br />the County Commissioners have recognized that resource conservation <br />should have a distinct identity and a higher profile in county <br />government. According to the revised milestones for evaluating <br />resource conservation as a function of county government, the <br />commissioners are scheduled to make a decision about this function in <br />June, 1998. Instead of establishing a new division of the Planning <br />Department, the commissioners should establish a new Environment and <br />Resource Conservation Department to oversee the County's activities in <br />the areas of environmental protection and resource conservation. The <br />two memos attached explain the rationale supporting this recommendation <br />and provide the conceptual framework for implementation. <br />RECCMMENDATION: Establish a new Environment and Resource Conservation <br />Department. Approval of the new department includes the following steps: <br />1. Establishment of the New Department <br />The Board of County Commissioners hereby establishes a new <br />Environment and Resource Conservation Department. <br />