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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 13, 2011 Action Agenda Item No. 8 - -F SUBJECT: Creation of aNon-Profit Corporation to Manage the Operations of the Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center DEPARTMENT: County Manager, County PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No Attorney ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Draft Bylaws 2) Interlocal Agreement Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245-2300 John Roberts, County Attorney, 245-2318 PURPOSE: To approve draft bylaws for the non-profit corporation to be created for the purpose of operating the Piedmont Food and Agriculture Processing Center ("PFAPC"); to authorize the County Manager and County Attorney establish anon-profit corporation; and to consider other issues related to the creation of anon-profit corporation. BACKGROUND: The PFAPC is a grant funded effort to expand agricultural and retail food based enterprise businesses in the four county area encompassed in the original grant applications. Four counties, Orange, Durham, Alamance and Chatham, together formulated grant applications and organizational support to create funding support for the project. From its early inception, the project was envisioned as an effort to provide the foundation to establish a non-profit organization capable of sustaining itself while supporting local and regional food business enterprises. In order for the new organizational structure to be created, and for operational control along with financial responsibility for ongoing operations to be properly placed in anon-governmental format, a non-profit corporation needs to be created. Once it is established the new organizational structure will grow without the on-going governmental financial obligations from the four counties beyond the current commitment (see attachment 2) along with the leased use of a building owned by Orange County and administrative support functions (insurance, finance, and personnel functional support) contracted for a specific time frame until such time as the non-profit is functioning in a self sustaining manner. Once the non-profit is operational and stabilized, it would remain a tenant in the County owned building unless it chose to relocate at some future date. Accountability for grant funded assets will remain an orange County obligation until those items are expensed out and final grant audits are complete.