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- 1 - <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />BETWEEN <br />ORANGE COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL <br /> <br /> <br />Funding for Joint Economic Development Programs <br />Article 46 Collaborative Outreach <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, North Carolina law authorizes counties to enter into agreements with third parties to <br />provide services under mutually agreed upon terms and conditions; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Chapel Hill (“Town“) wishes to provide services or engage in <br />economic development activities as designated herein, and Orange County (“County”) and its <br />residents and businesses would benefit from those services or activities. <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, the County and Town agree, through this Memorandum of Understanding <br />(“MOU”), to the following terms and conditions: <br /> <br />1. County authorizes the Town to request Collaborative Outreach funding from Article 46 for <br />fiscal year 2022-2023 up to the amount of Thirty Eight Thousand Twenty-Two Dollars <br />($38,022.00). The services or activities that qualify under this funding category shall consist <br />of and be limited to economic development programs that aid in job creation, drive economic <br />growth, support existing businesses, recruit new businesses, and in the promotion of other <br />activities such as innovation and entrepreneurial growth, agri-tourism and agriculture in <br />Orange County. No other services or activities are authorized by this MOU. The funding <br />amount will be calculated annually based on a formula that adds the total population of <br />Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and the portion of Mebane located within Orange <br />County, and allocates each towns’ percentage of the total population to the total amount of <br />Collaborative Outreach funding budgeted in a given year ($60,000.00 for FY 2022-23). <br />Collaborative Outreach funds that are not requested by the Town within the given fiscal year <br />will automatically roll over for one additional fiscal year. Funds not requested by the end of <br />the following fiscal year (2023-2024) will no longer be available to the Town. This means <br />funding allocated under this MOU would be available to the Town from July 1, 2022 to June <br />30, 2024. <br /> <br />2. The Town shall make a request to the County, in writing, to access these funds. The request <br />shall include details pertaining to the amount of funding sought, a description of the services <br />or activities the funding would support, the expected outcomes, any additional partners in the <br />services or activities, and what resources the Town is providing to the services or activities. <br />The Town shall also express any additional role they expect the County to play as it relates to <br />the identified services or activities, and to acknowledge use of the Collaborative Outreach <br />funding as a joint partnership between the Town and the County. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 0B51D09B-6BAF-4498-8D93-567C5FA9C84F