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fR 4E 5 - ? //-?i/a Zo D 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS _51e <br /> RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO PURSUE A SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE DURHAM <br /> TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed a Community College Task <br /> Force in March 2000 to explore the feasibility of a satellite campus of the Durham Technical <br /> Community College (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 <br /> are enrolled for community college offerings each semester at community college campuses in <br /> the area; and <br /> Whereas, DTCC already has a strong presence in Orange County through its classes offered at <br /> over 40 different locations throughout the County, including a strong partnership with both public <br /> school systems in the County; and <br /> Whereas, the presence of a DTCC satellite campus would offer an affordable alternative to a <br /> four-year college for Orange County residents and would provide an opportunity for residents to <br /> upgrade their skills for higher paying jobs as well as to allow workers who may have been laid <br /> off from their previous 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 <br /> satellite 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 <br /> satellite campus will allow the State of North Carolina and the Trustees of the DTCC, in <br /> collaboration with the Orange County Commissioners, to move forward with planning for the <br /> project's opening in the fall of 2006; and <br /> Whereas, the Board of Commissioners has earmarked $4 million in Orange County's 2002-12 <br /> Capital Investment Plan to match the State bond funds that were approved by voters for <br /> community colleges in 2000 and are earmarked by DTCC for an Orange County satellite <br /> campus; <br /> Now Therefore be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby approves <br /> this Resolution of Intent to Pursue a Satellite Campus of the Durham Technical Community <br /> College in Orange County. <br /> This the 21 st day of May 2002. <br /> Signed on behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners by: <br /> "ar -J "sC ir <br />