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'4 CHAPEL DILL- CARRBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 3 RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ORANGE COUNT" VISITOR DEVELOPMENT AU'T'HORITY. WHEREAS, Visitor Services are an important part of the economy of Orange County; and WHEREAS, The Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce served over 30,000 requests for V isitor information in 1990; and WHEREAS, the Public Private Partnership at its Boulder inter -city conference discussed the need for a formal county visitor program and adopted a resolution on June 13, 1990 establishing a. task force to determine the feasibility of creating a county -wide bureau of visitor services; and WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, the Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County Economic Development Commission have entered into an agreement to provide certain visitor information services; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Economic Development Commission and the Chambers of Commerce of Chapel Hill- Carrboro and Hillsborough were joint participants with the task force; and WHEREAS, after numerous meetings and the active involvement of many people, the Task Force submitted its report and recommendations to the Public Private Partnership, the Chambers and Orange County Economic Development Commission, and WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce accepts the report and recommendations of the joint Task Force pursuant to the above stated agreement: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors that it receives and accepts the task force report and recommendations submitted at this meeting with thanks for a job well done and commends the report to all the participating parties. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chapel Hill- Carrboro Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc- tors request the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the municipalities of Chapel lull. Carrboro and Hillsborough to create the Orange County Visitor Development Authority along the following lines: a. The primary purpose of the Authority is to establish and operate a County -wide professional visitor services program. b. The make up of the Authority should include representatives of government, the business community and service providers. c. To seek legislative authority from the 1991 General Assembly for a county wide Hotel/Motel occupancy tax of three percent (3%) dedicated solely for the purposes of the Authority with one percent (1%) being levied initially. d. To seek a commitment from the Town of Chapel Hill for a minimum of twenty per -cent (20 %) of their existing howl./motel occupancy tax to be used to support the funding and programs of the Authority. e. To seek additional funding from other governmental agencies and private sources to enhance the funding and programs of the Authority. f. To request the Authority, when established, to continue to explore alternative sources of long term funding, RECEIVED FROM 919 968 6874 12.14.1996 08'21 P. 1