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3 <br />RESOLUTION 00/01 <br />BY <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />WHEREAS, in North Carolina the Lead Regional Organizations, as voluntary <br />organizations serving municipal and county governments, have established productive <br />working relationships with the cities and counties across the state; and <br />WHEREAS, the General Assembly continued to recognize this need through <br />the appropriation of $990,000 to help the Lead Regional Organizations assist local <br />governments with grant applications, economic development, community development, <br />and to support local industrial development activities and other activities as deemed <br />appropriate by their local governments; and <br />WHEREAS, these funds are not intended to be used for payment of members' <br />dues or assessments to Lead Regional Organization or to supplant funds appropriated <br />by the member governments; and <br />WHEREAS, in the event that a request is not made by a unit of government for <br />release of these funds to our Regional Council, the available funds will revert to the <br />State's General Fund; and <br />WHEREAS, in Region J funds in the amount of $55,000 will be used to carry <br />out the community and economic development plan approved by the COG Board of <br />Delegates and especially to improve the economy of the counties and towns of the <br />Region. <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that ORANGE COUNTY requests the <br />release of its $7584.72 share of these funds to the Triangle J Council of Governments <br />at the earliest possible time in accordance with the provisions of section 16.5 of Senate <br />Bill 352, the 1997 ratified budget bill. Adopted this day of , 200 at <br />by: <br />(signature) SEAL <br />Chief Elected Official <br />(signature) <br />Witness -- Clerk