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/-~ /~'~~/ <br />~~~ ~ <br />~ ~~ <br />i~~S - ~~~/ - o~ ~ <br />RESOLUT(ON 00%01 <br />BY <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, in North Carolina the Lead Regional Organizations~ as voluntary <br />o~ganizations serving municipal and county govemments, have established pr~ductive <br />working relationships with the cities and counties across the state; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly continued to recognize this need through <br />the appropriation of $990,000 to help the Lead Regional Organizations assist local <br />governments with grant applications~ economic development, community development~ <br />and to support locai industriai development activities and other activities as deemed <br />appropriate by their local govemments; and <br />WHEREAS, these funds are not intended to be used for payment of inembers' <br />dues or assessments to Lead Regional Organization or to supplant funds appropriated <br />by the member govemments; and <br />WHEREAS, in fhe event that a request is not made by a unit of governme~t for <br />release of these funds to our Regional Council, the availabie funds will revert to the <br />State's Generai Fund; and <br />WHEREAS, in Region J funds in the amount of $55,000 will be used to carry <br />out the community and economic development plan approved by the COG Board of <br />Delegates and especiaily to improve the economy of the counties and towns of the <br />Region. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that ORANGE COUNTY~requests the <br />release of its $7584.72 share of these funds to the Triangle J Council of Govemments <br />at the earliest possible time in accordance with the p~ov' ions of sec ' n 16.5 of Senate <br />Bill 352, the 1997 ratified budget bill. Adopted this ~~ day of a.~,- , 2001 at <br />by: <br />(signature) <br />Chief Elected Official <br />ignature) <br />Wi ness -- erk <br />