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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 16, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-i <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board <br /> Amended Policies and Procedures <br /> DEPARTMENT: Economic Development/Visitors <br /> Bureau <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Laurie Paolicelli, (919) 259-1658 <br /> Mark-up Draft Amended Policy and <br /> Procedures <br /> Clean Draft Amended Policy and <br /> Procedures <br /> PURPOSE: To approve amendments to the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory <br /> Board Policy and Procedures document to remove the Orange County residency requirement for <br /> members, and to address other house-keeping updates. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County BOCC Advisory Board Policy requires all members to be <br /> Orange County residents. Advisory Board specific policies may indicate other requirements. <br /> Many of the volunteers and members of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory <br /> Board do not reside in Orange County, but work in Orange County tourism. It would be very <br /> difficult for the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board to find diverse and good <br /> representation if membership is limited to only Orange County residents. <br /> The amended language is proposed as follows: <br /> "A majority of members shall be residents of Orange County and shall maintain their <br /> domicile in Orange County. Domicile is defined as one's permanent established home as <br /> distinguished from one's temporary although actual place of residence. The Clerk shall <br /> confirm the residency of applicants. <br /> Members shall have a direct or indirect background in tourism and be actively involved in <br /> promoting tourism. Candidates should either live in Orange County, have invested in <br /> Orange County, or have a direct tourism interest in Orange County." <br /> As part of this consideration, other house-keeping updates are also proposed as follows: <br /> • To correct language referring to Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Advisory Board <br /> to include "Advisory Board" which was inadvertently omitted from the previously approved <br /> Policies and Procedures document. <br /> • To delete the sentence, "The Orange County Advisory Board Policy is attached hereto as <br /> "Exhibit A.", which is unnecessary. <br />