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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> recognizes the outstanding contributions that Eve Carson provided to Orange County and <br /> beyond; wishes to honor her life by continuing to serve the causes she cared so deeply about; <br /> and commits to working with local authorities to do everything within our power to extinguish <br /> violent crime from our community. <br /> This the 18th day of March 2008. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Carey to <br /> approve the resolution remembering Eve Carson. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said to send this to her family and Chancellor Moeser. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> b. Resolution Regarding Planned Uses of Land Transfer Tax Proceeds <br /> The Board considered approving a resolution specifying the intentions of the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners for the use of proceeds from a .4% land transfer tax, if <br /> approved by voters on the May 6, 2008 ballot, and subsequently implemented by the Board. <br /> Rod Visser said that this resolution tracks with the Statement of Intent that the Board <br /> adopted recently. There have been two minor revisions to this resolution from the most recent <br /> version. <br /> Rod Visser read the resolution. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A Resolution Regarding Uses of Land Transfer Tax Proceeds <br /> WHEREAS, there are significant pressing school, park, and other County capital needs that <br /> are precipitated by growth pressures and are currently unfunded or underfunded in the <br /> County's 10 Year Capital Investment Plan; and <br /> WHEREAS, it is important to provide Orange County taxpayers with alternatives to the <br /> pressure to raise property taxes to address these, and other, County needs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the levy of a .4% land transfer tax would provide a new County revenue source; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, if Orange County voters do not approve the levy of a .4% land transfer tax, <br /> greater property tax increases are inevitable to meet public school capital needs to meet the <br /> requirements of Schools Adequate Public Facilities agreements and ordinances (SAPFO); <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has established guidelines to allocate transfer tax <br /> proceeds, including: <br /> a. funding will be allocated in an equitable manner between capital projects in the <br /> County's two school systems and other County capital projects; <br /> b. funding will be allocated to already identified projects to meet the requirements of <br /> SAPFO and to fund County park capital needs for the County parks, the land for which <br /> has already been acquired, and not to new projects that have not been previously <br /> contemplated; <br /> 4 <br />