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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 9, 2007 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Cooperative Extension Memorandum of Understanding <br /> DEPARTMENT: N.C. Cooperative Extension PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Dr. Fletcher Barber, Jr., 245-2051 <br /> N.C. Cooperative Extension <br /> Memorandum of Understanding Document <br /> PURPOSE: To provide the Board of Commissioners with an explanation of the <br /> Memorandum of Understanding between Orange County and the North Carolina Cooperative <br /> Extension Service, North Carolina State University. <br /> BACKGROUND: In September 2006, a new Memorandum of Understanding was developed <br /> and distributed to each County Manager and County Extension Director in the State. This <br /> Memorandum of Understanding is to be signed by both the Chair of the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners and the Director of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. <br /> This document serves as the structure of the cooperative relationship created between local, <br /> state, and federal government committed to bringing research-based knowledge from North <br /> Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University to the citizens of each <br /> county, the Cherokee.Reservation, and the entire state of North Carolina through North Carolina <br /> Cooperative Extensionr(NCCE). <br /> For over two years, a team representing the North Carolina Association of County <br /> Commissioners (NCACC), the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Program at North Carolina <br /> A&T State University and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service at North Carolina <br /> State University, has met regularly to identify each entities' needs and concerns as it relates to <br /> the operation of the partnership, as well as to scrutinize the underlying Memorandum of <br /> Understanding document itself. Through those meetings, the team collaboratively updated the <br /> document for a more effective Memorandum of Understanding that is simultaneously reflective <br /> of the strong, collaborative partnership. <br />