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4 <br /> RES-2022-022 Attachment 2 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE <br /> OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be It Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina: <br /> WHEREAS, the Orange County Parks and Recreation Council, an advisory board to the Board of <br /> County Commissioners, has proposed an amendment to the Orange County Code of Ordinances <br /> to allow an additional non-voting member; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Council sees the value of having the perspective of a youth <br /> member on the Council, as youth are a large part of the constituency and users of County <br /> recreation programs and facilities; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners also sees the value of having a youth <br /> representative to advise and provide feedback on County recreation activities and park facilities, <br /> promoting a diversity of age for the Council's future work, and hereby determines that Chapter 26 <br /> of the Orange County Code of Ordinances should be amended accordingly; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange <br /> County, North Carolina, Chapter 26, is hereby amended to add new language to subsections 26- <br /> 115 and 26-117 as shown in the attached to provide for the addition of a non-voting youth member <br /> to the Parks and Recreation Council, to help provide diversity and perspective of local youth for <br /> the deliberations and work of the Council, with applications for such new member to be solicited <br /> by the Clerk to the Board's Office for future consideration and appointment. <br /> This Amendment shall become effective on May 31, 2022. <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this the 3rd day of May, 2022. <br /> By: Attest: <br /> Renee Price, Chair Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />