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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />2 <br />WHEREAS, during her tenure as an Orange County Commissioner, Alice M. Gordon has <br />shared her talent for leadership and public service through her work on numerous committees, <br />boards, and task forces focusing on public education, environmental protection, and regional <br />transportation; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Gordon chaired the Schools and Land Use Council, the county -wide <br />group of elected officials that crafted the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance to plan <br />ahead for future school needs; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Gordon chaired the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization's Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), and has also served as <br />Chair of the Triangle Transit Board of Trustees, the regional public transit agency; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Gordon served as a member of the North Carolina Association of <br />County Commissioners' Environment Steering Committee and the National Association of <br />Counties' Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2006 Leadership Triangle honored Commissioner Gordon with the Goodmon <br />Award for Exemplary Regional Leadership by an Elected Official for her contributions in the <br />areas of environmental protection and regional transportation; and <br />WHEREAS, Commissioner Gordon was a key member of the Board when it launched the <br />County's nationally recognized "Lands Legacy Program" as the first comprehensive county land <br />acquisition program in North Carolina, an approach that won the Excellence in County Planning <br />Award from the National Association of County Planners; and <br />WHEREAS, as Chair of the Transportation Advisory Committee of the Durham - Chapel Hill - <br />Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization in 2007 and 2008, Commissioner Gordon helped <br />lead the effort to create the 2035 regional long range transportation plan, earning the MPO the <br />National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Metropolitan Transportation Planning, which <br />commended this collaborative effort for exemplary practice within the planning process; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners desires, on behalf of County officials <br />and employees, and the residents of Orange County, to express to Commissioner Alice Gordon <br />their deep appreciation and gratitude for the services rendered by her to the County over the <br />past 24 years; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />offers Commissioner Alice Gordon our very best wishes for success, happiness, prosperity and <br />good health in her future endeavors. <br />This, the first day of December 2014. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee to <br />