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RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE N.C. LAND FOR TOMORROW INITIATIVE FOR OPEN <br />SPACE AND LAND CONSERVATION <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, through its award-winning Lands Legacy Program, is committed to <br />protecting lands critical to the future of North Carolina's drinking water, economy, and quality of <br />life, and <br />WHEREAS, the Lands Legacy Program has protected over 1,600 acres of natural and cultural <br />resource lands in Orange County to date, and <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina is lasing mare than 100,000 acres of those special <br />places to population pressures each year and the state's population is expected to grow by 50 <br />percent in the next 25 years, and <br />WHEREAS, funding sources far land protection efforts in North Carolina have lacked sufficient <br />funding to protect stream banks and floodplains, legacy forests, prime farmlands, local parks <br />and recreation, state parks, game lands, natural, scenic and historic places, and <br />WHEREAS, there is no second chance to protect North Carolina's great natural resources with <br />costs to do so increasing in the future, and <br />WHEREAS, additional state funding will leverage twice as much funding from federal, private <br />and local sources and enable local land trusts and programs like Lands Legacy to do much <br />mare in terms of land conservation; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners urges <br />the 2006 General Assembly to enact legislation authorizing the "Land for Tomorrow" bond <br />referendum to increase conservation spending in North Carolina by $200 million per year. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board asks that Orange County be listed as a partner in <br />the Land for Tomorrow initiative, and that staff explore the mechanisms by which the Lands <br />Legacy Program and Land for Tomorrow can mutually benefit from their common goals. <br />This the 5~" day of December, 2005 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Commissioner Halkiotis commented that he wished Jim Hunt was still the Governor <br />7. Special Presentations <br />a. Durham Technical Community College Orange County Campus Report <br />The Board received a report on the evaluation of the September 20, 2005 Durham <br />Technical Community College (DTCC) concept plan as it related to the site plan elements of <br />"Smart Growth" ;and considered authorizing CRZ to complete the design work for the park and <br />ride lot as part of the DTCC contract far an amount not to exceed $20,020. <br />John Link said that in the fall of this year, they focused on sustainable design features <br />for the satellite campus that will be built in Orange County. Specifically, in November the Board <br />approved the features that it wanted addressed. Since that time, the Board has expressed <br />interest in smart growth principles for this facility and the staffs of Orange County and DTCC as <br />