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a~lkiotis to approve the resolution of support for an Intergovernmental <br />Board as stated below: <br />RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT <br />FOR AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL BOARD <br />REPRESENTING ORANGE COUNTY AND <br />MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS: the elected Governing Bodies within Orange County have recognized <br />the need for a forum promoting ongoing discussion; and <br />WHEREAS: the Mayors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the Chair of the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners have been discussing possible structures for <br />this forum; and <br />WHEREAS: the Mayors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the Chair of the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners have identified the issue of impact and <br />development fees and taxes, and the issue of alternate revenue sources for <br />public improvements necessitated by development as worthy of immediate <br />discussion; and <br />WHEREAS: the Mayors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the Chair of the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners have requested each governing body to appoint <br />two representatives to an initial working group focused on these revenue <br />matters; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Orange County does hereby agree to <br />appoint two elected officials to represent the county on this <br />Intergovernmental Board. <br />Adopted this 15th day of March, 1988. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS. <br />County Attorney Geoffrey Gledhill asked that he be allowed to serve <br />on this Board at the time some type of plan for impact and development fees <br />and taxes is developed. <br />E. REPORTS <br />1. Consolidation of Health and Environmental Function <br />Health Director Dan Reimer briefly described the situation with <br />environmental services at the state level. He stated that even though there <br />has been a promise of improved coordination and collaboration among the <br />state agencies involved in providing a range of environmental services that <br />fragmentation has continued with continued complaints from the public. As a <br />result a legislative study commission co-chaired by Senator Russell Walker <br />and Representative Joe Hackney has been established to recommend to the <br />legislature how these various services can be consolidated in a meaningful <br />form. Several of the proposals have been reviewed by the Health Board who <br />have supported two guiding principals in arriving at a solution for this <br />problem: <br />(1) Because of the scientific and objective nature of the Commission of <br />Health for the State of North Carolina through the Division of Health <br />Services that that body remain responsible for guiding environmental health <br />policy in the State. <br />(2) The personal health services and the environmental health services <br />not be disassociated from one another -- that the environmental health <br />services not be taken out from under the jurisdictions of local health <br />departments and placed under the responsibility of another govering body. <br />