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ir 03" Public-Private Conference It seems to me now, the way the Board is organized, that it was a mistake for me hot to have become a representative to this committee when I became Chair. So long as such a group exists I believe the Chair should become a member ex officio. In addition, I am asking the Board to make a policy decision on whether or not we are willing to have the disenfranchisement of County citizens again be put upon the table in any form through the deliberations of this group. The resolution to create a task force among chamber representatives, Child Care Networks and the Department of Social Services to address community day care needs is perhaps the resolution of most immediate concern of the County and one we applaud. Peggy Pollitizer will gather together the valuable work done earlier and send it on to the Chamber -- I pledged Commissioner office support to her for copying and mailing. Marti Pryor-Cook, of course, pledged her full cooperation. Another resolution called for a study of added resources for local government that would work with the League of Municipalities and Association of County Commissioners. Don, with his tax and finance committees responsibilities should be an especially useful resource to this effort . The County is fortunate that attention has been brought to the need to work actively to preserve open space with special attention being paid to the preservation of Duke Forest. Several initiatives concern directly business concerns specific to the Chapel Hill- Carrboro community -- attitudinal concerns, barriers to the success of small businesses, and direct concerns on development of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Central Business districts. RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Authorize the Chair as a member, ex officio, of the Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee, to work towards the goals adopted by the conference; 2. Establish that the Chair, on election, becomes an ex officio representative of any local intergovernmental working group; and 3. Instruct County members of the working intergovernmental group to not consider, as a part of their deliberations, disenfranchisement of county citizens through placing them in extra-territorial jurisdiction.