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RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE COUNTIES OF DURHAM AND ORANGE AND THE CITY OF DURHAM TO CONTINUE AS THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING CONSORTIUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN- ING SERVICES WITHIN A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL AREA AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER CONTIGUOUS GOVERNMENTAL UNITS INTERESTED IN A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL APPROACH TO JOIN THE EXISTING CONSORTIUM IN IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS UNDER THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT. WHEREAS, the United States Congress enacted the Job Training Partnership Act in order to provide job training and employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged and unemployed persons; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Act, the Governor of the state of North ,Carolina is authorized to make financial assistance available to Service Delivery Areas for the purpose of carrying out all or a substantial part of an employment and training program; and WHEREAS, under the Act units of local government are encouraged to form consortia to carry out employment and training services; and WHEREAS, the Counties of Durham, and Orange and the City of Durham have formed such a Consortium; and WHEREAS, the area consisting of said counties contains a population of 242,712 persons and consists of a labor market area broader than the single jurisdiction of any one of said counties; and WHEREAS, said labor market area consists primarily of the City of Durham and the Counties of Durham and Orange and constitutes an econom- ically integrated geographical area within which workers may readily change jobs without changing their place of residence; and WHEREAS, Other municipalities located within the aforementioned counties (in addition to the City of Durham) will derive benefit from the Job Training Partnership Act by virtue of said counties participa- tion in such a Consortium; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CENTRAL PIEDMONT PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL: FIRST, thelCounties of Durham and Orange and the City of Durham are