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3 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Board of County Commissioners and Manager <br />FROM: Alice Gordon (~ MCr <br />RE: County Policy on Equitable Allocation of Funds for <br />County Projects <br />DATE: May 23, 2001 <br />Below I have outlined my thoughts concerning the equitable <br />allocation of funds for County projects, including bond projects. <br />I. Eau1ta.ble distribution of resources throughout the county <br />jn determining projects to be included in a county bond referendum, <br />the Orange County Commissioners have always tried to place an <br />emphasis on ensuring that there is an equitable distribution of <br />resources throughout Orange County. As projects were considered, <br />the decision to go forward with a particular project has always been <br />made in the content of an overall vision to address needs of citizens <br />all over the county, <br />II. Poli statement re ardin the ex nditure of coup bond funds <br />for a lcs and o ens ace <br />It was~a desire to articulate the commissioners long-standing <br />commitment to an equitable distribution of resources, and to <br />articulate that commitment using specific language in dme for an <br />upcoming presentation to the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force, that <br />led to the recent adoption of a "Policy Statement Regarding the <br />Expenditure of County Bond Funds for Farks and Open Space" as <br />follows: <br />"The County will strive to ensure that, between FY 1997 and <br />FY 2010, bond funds for parks and open space are <br />proportionally balanced between Chapel Hill Township and the <br />other six townships, based on the population of those <br />townships In the 2000 Census." <br />The decision to adopt this policy was made in some haste at the very <br />end of a cornmissioner5 meeting as part of the push to forward the <br />Open Space Task Force Report to the Capital Needs Advisory Task <br />Farce in time For the tatter's April 25 meeting. <br />