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WHEREAS, such a tax increase would generate new revenue; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners supports an increase in the cigarette tax in North Carolina to be used primarily for health programs and for reducing and preventing tobacco use. This the 5t" day of March, 2003. VOTE: UNANIMOUS This resolution will be sent to the legislative committee. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board would be talking about advocating for increased tax an alcohol with some of this money to go to treatment programs. Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks the .75 should have been left in as the Board of Health asked. 6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS a. Orange County Arts Grants Recipients (Fall 20021 The Board presented grant checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Fall 2002 Orange County Arts Grants. The checks were presented to the following organizations and artists: Cedar Ridge High School Chorus Boosters Chapel Hill Museum Choreo Collective Deep Dish Theater Company Efland-Cheeks Elementary School Cultural Arts Committee Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center Medical Foundation of NC NC Women's Choral Festival Orange-Person-Chatham System of Care Network Guy B. Phillips Middle School Michael Schwalbe Village Band Women's Center Women's Voices Chorus Renee Piechocki b. Friends of Bolin Creek Presentation The Board received a brief presentation from the newly formed Friends of Bolin Creek, a conservation group interested in preserving the Bolin Creek corridor. Dave Stancil introduced Julie McClintock of the Friends of Bolin Creek and she gave a PowerPoint presentation. The Friends of Bolin Creek is a group of Orange County citizens in southern Orange County who love Bolin Creek and have a vision for preserving it. They have been meeting for about two years. They would like to develop a nature park and preserve along Bolin Creek. They would like the County Commissioners' support for this concept. It will take a lot of time and money to develop the Bolin Creek Corridor Open Space Master Plan. She pointed out where the creek flows through the County. She gave four reasons to preserve open space in the Bolin Creek corridor. The first reason is that this is a critical period in urban growth for the Bolin Creek watershed, it is not all built out yet and there is a lot of opportunity to take protective action now, the University is developing a new plan for the Horace Williams Tract that could adversely affect Bolin Creek. The second reason for preserving open space in this corridor is to establish the connectivity of natural areas. She turned the presentation over to Dave Otto, Chair of the Friends of Bolin Creek Steering Committee.