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'r: created and new endeavors are born and nurtured. Carolina North is a place of exceptional energy, beauty and contemplation, connecting to and enhancing both the original campus and neighboring communities. Orange County's interests in Carolina North, while often overlooked, are extensive. The County provides or funds a number of services that are unique to its purview, including but not limited to emergency management, Social Services, erosion control, solid waste management, animal control, and public education. Therefore, while it has not established its own body to make recommendations regarding Carolina North, Orange County government has participated repeatedly in committees established by others to review plans for the project. Moreover, the County Commissioners did receive presentations from University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill officials at BOCC meetings on April 17, 2001 and May 20, 2004. A portion of an Assembly of Governments meeting on April 29, 2003 also addressed concerns regarding Carolina North. Recent discussions before the Carolina North Leadership Advisory Committee led the County's four representatives — Commissioners Valerie Foushee and Barry Jacobs, and Advisory Board members Jay Bryan and Bernadette Pelissier — along with Planning Director Craig Benedict and Economic Development Director Dianne Reid, to articulate a set of principles that are essential to the County. These are not meant to be all- inclusive or binding, as are the proposals from the Towns, the University, and Chamber of Commerce. Rather, the recommendations reflect points that the County representatives believe are consistent with previously articulated County principles and concerns, and address issues essential to the long -term sustainability of Carolina North. NOTE: As a reference, the past abstracts and minutes of previous board discussions of Carolina North are included as Attachment 4.