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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 5, 2001 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Policy Statement Regarding the Equitable Allocating of Funds for County <br />Projects <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YlN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />May 23 Memorandum from <br />Commissioner Gordon - "County <br />Policy on Equitable Allocation of <br />Funds for County Projects" <br />May 28 Memorandum from <br />Commissioner Gordon - "Data <br />Related to County Policy on <br />Equitable Allocation of Funds" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Alice Gordon <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 96$-d$01 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />1) to reconsider the County's recently adopted "Policy Statement Regarding the <br />Expenditure of County Bond Funds for Parks and Open Space". <br />2) to reaffirm the County's long-standing commitment to serve all Orange County's <br />citizens by striving to ensure an equitable distribution of resources throughout Orange <br />County. <br />3) to consider replacing the recent parks and open space allocation policy with a more <br />comprehensive policy that articulates the County's commitment to ensuring an <br />equitable distribution of resources throughout Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: In April, the County Commissioners adopted a "Policy Statement Regarding <br />the Expenditure of Caunty Bond Funds for Parks and Open Space." The accompanying May <br />23 and May 28 memoranda from Commissioner Gordon provide background material and <br />further information on this subject. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The policy would have no immediate financial impact. Long-tens <br />financial impacts are .unknown. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />1) Reconsider the County's recently adopted "Policy Statement Regarding the <br />Expenditure of County Bond Funds for Parks and Open Space." A motion to <br />reconsider must be offered by someone voting for the previous motion. <br />