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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 20, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 b <br /> SUBJECT: Designation of Bond Education Committee <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) 1Va <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1N) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Resolution Bill Crowther, Chair <br /> 732-6886 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution indicating the intent of the Board of Commissioners to create <br /> a Bond Education Committee to support public information efforts concerning the November 4, <br /> 1997 bond referenda. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners appointed citizens' Bond Education <br /> Committees to help develop and disseminate factual information about the capital needs that led to <br /> bond referenda in November 1988 and November 1992. The attached resolution indicates the <br /> Board's intention to appoint a Bond Education Committee comprised of interested citizens who will <br /> communicate to community groups, civic organizations, and voters in general, about the needs that <br /> have led to the scheduling of a November 4, 1997 bond referendum in Orange County. The <br /> resolution includes plans for the Board to adopt a formal charge and structure for the Committee, <br /> and to appoint a chair or co-chairs, at its September 2 regular meeting. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the attached <br /> resolution. <br />