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ORANGE COUNTY <br />- _ BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ,. <br />SUBJECT: Orange County Dive Team Franchise Application (Second Reading) <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Nor . <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) N+v ~. <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Franchise Application <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve on second reading the rescue franchise requested by the Orange County <br />Underwater Search and Recovery Team, Inc. <br />BACKGROUND: At their meeting on April 21, 1998, the Board of Commissioners considered <br />and approved, on first reading, an application for franchise for rescue services from the Orange <br />County Underwater Search and Recovery Team, Inc. Orange County has historically depended <br />upon dive teams from other counties, when the need has arisen. In the most recent Cedar Grove <br />area drowning, individual volunteer divers donated their time to assist in body recovery. The <br />primary organized dive team was from the Durham County Sheriff's Office. <br />The individual volunteers and other certified divers have formed a dive team. This team has been <br />incorporated as anon-profit organization and developed a set of by-laws, policies, and operating <br />procedures. This team is composed of highly qualified, trained, and personally equipped divers. <br />This team has submitted an application to be franchised to provide dive related services to Orange <br />County. Their application complies with all the stipulations of the Orange County franchise <br />ordinance. The team has asked for no County funds to subsidize their operations. Franchising this <br />team will enable Orange County to have a lead agency in any dive operations that may occur within <br />the County, and also to return the favors to other agencies that have assisted Orange County in the <br />past. This application was submitted to the EMS Advisory Council for review, and received <br />favorable recommendations to be carried forward to the Commissioners. <br />Under NCGS 153A-46, any action related to granting or amending a franchise requires a passing <br />vote by the governing board at two regular meetings. Since the Board approved the franchise <br />application at the first reading on Apri121, an affirmative vote at this second reading will result in <br />the award of the requested franchise to the Orange County Underwater Search and Recovery Team, <br />Inc. <br />