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0 Rfflsboroup4 Area (94amber of Tommerve 150 East King Street • Phone 732 -8156 • Hillsborough, NC 27278 A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ORANGE COUNTY VISITOR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHEREAS, Visitor Services are an important part of the economy of Orange County; and WHEREAS, The Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce is committed to the development of the tourism industry; and WHEREAS, the Public Private Partnership at its Boulder inter -city conference dis- cussed 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 Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce, the Chapel Hill - Carrboro 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 Com- merce of Hillsborough and Chapel Hill - Carrboro 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 Partner- ship, the Chambers and Orange County Economic Development Commission, and WHEREAS, The Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce accepts the report and recom- mendations of the joint Task Force pursuant to the above stated agreement. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by The Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors that it receives and accepts the task force report and recommenda- tions adopted on December 12, 1990, with thanks for a job well done and commends the report to all the participating parties. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Hillsborough Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors requests the Orange County Board of Commissioners 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 govern- ment, the business community, chambers of commerce and service provi- ders. 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. Home of Hillsborough Hog Day Visit Historic Hillsborough 9 Chartered Seventeen Hundred Fifty -Nine