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Dr. Marianne Peters, Board of Trustees; Dr. Phail Wynn, President; and Barbara Baker, Vice-President <br /> of the college were in attendance. <br /> Director of Central Stores and Purchasing Pam Jones said that the resolution would bring the <br /> satellite campus to the next step. The task force identified the need for the campus in November 2000. <br /> The statewide community campus bonds passed in 2000 had $4 million designated for this campus. <br /> There is a match for this contribution — in kind or cash. The groups that are targeted for participation on <br /> the site selection committee are on page two of the agenda abstract. The employer group and the <br /> citizen's at-large group will be advertised by the Clerk and brought back at the August 20`h meeting. The <br /> charge for the site selection group will also be brought back on August 20`h <br /> Dr. Phail Wynn asked that the County Commissioners support this resolution as the next step <br /> and vital to the community of Orange County. He said that they have certainly enjoyed working with the <br /> staff and he appreciates the work that Pam Jones has done. <br /> Commissioner Carey read the resolution and thanked the representatives from Durham Tech <br /> and the staff for all the hard work. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Carey to approve <br /> and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution as stated below: <br /> RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO PURSUE A SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE DURHAM TECHNICAL <br /> COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed a Community College Task Force in <br /> March 2000 to explore the feasibility of a satellite campus of the Durham Technical Community College <br /> (DTCC) in Orange County; and <br /> Whereas, the Task Force findings indicated that Orange County was the largest County in North <br /> Carolina without community college services and that thousands of Orange County residents are <br /> enrolled for community college offerings each semester at community college campuses in the area; and <br /> Whereas, DTCC already has a strong presence in Orange County through its classes offered at over 40 <br /> different locations throughout the County, including a strong partnership with both public school systems <br /> in the County; and <br /> Whereas, the presence of a DTCC satellite campus would offer an affordable alternative to a four-year <br /> college for Orange County residents and would provide an opportunity for residents to upgrade their <br /> skills for higher paying jobs as well as to allow workers who may have been laid off from their previous <br /> jobs to retrain within their resident county for different and better jobs; and <br /> Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners received evidence of public support for the satellite <br /> campus at both public hearings held on the matter; and <br /> Whereas, the formal declaration of the Board of Commissioners' intent to pursue a DTCC satellite <br /> campus will allow the State of North Carolina and the Trustees of the DTCC, in collaboration with the <br /> Orange County Commissioners, to move forward with planning for the project's opening in the fall of <br /> 2006; and <br /> Whereas, the Board of Commissioners has earmarked $4 million in Orange County's 2002-12 Capital <br /> Investment Plan to match the State bond funds that were approved by voters for community colleges in <br /> 2000 and are earmarked by DTCC for an Orange County satellite campus; <br /> Now, Therefore, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby approves this <br /> Resolution of Intent to Pursue a Satellite Campus of the Durham Technical Community College in <br /> Orange County. <br />