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<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Resolution to Repeal the 1982 Resolution Creating the Orange County Economic Development <br />Commission <br />WHEREAS, a Resolution by the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the creation of the <br />Orange County Economic Development Commission on December 14, 1982 (revised January 20, 19$7, <br />January 4, 1988, and June 28, 1994); and <br />WHEREAS, since the creation of the Orange County Economic Development Commission in 1982, <br />economic development in Orange County has undergone significant changes, and as a result, the <br />Board of Commissioners of Orange County have determined that it is in the best interest of the County <br />to create a different entity to guide economic development within the County; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Economic Development Commission was created as provided in <br />North Carolina General Statute Chapter 158, Article 2, which stipulates that a resolution creating an <br />economic development commission may be repealed in the same manner as it was originally adopted; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF <br />ORANGE COUNTY-THAT: <br />1. As provided in North Carolina General Statute Chapter 158-8, Article 2, the Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners hereby repeals the resolution creating the Orange County Economic <br />Development Commission, effective immediately; and <br />2. The Orange County Economic Development Commission is hereby dissolved; and <br />3. The-Orange County Economic Development Department Director_shall propose to the Board of <br />County Commissioners an alternate entity to advise the County on Economic Development <br />issues; and <br />4. The formation, membership, and function of this alternative entity shall be approved by the <br />Board of County Commissioners as provided in General Statute Chapter 158-$, Article 2; and <br />5. Pending the creation of a new entity to advise the County on Economic Development issues, the <br />Economic Development Department shall remain a part of Orange County Government <br />reporting to the Orange County Manager. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the recent members of the Orange County Economic Development <br />Commission will be sent a letter thanking them for their exceptional and tireless service to the residents <br />of Orange County. <br />This the 21St day of June, 2011. <br /> <br />Bernadette Pelissier, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />