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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT TOWN OF CHAPEL, HILL, TOWN OF CAR.RBORO AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDiJCTION PROJECT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into between the Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a North Carolina municipal corporation, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (hereinafter referred to as "Chapel Hill"), the Town of Cazrboro, a North Carolina municipal corporation, .301 West Main Street, Carrboro NC 27510 (hereinafter referred to as "Cazrboro"); and the County of Orange, a North Carolina municipal corporation, 200 South Cameron Street, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 (hereinafter referred to as "County"), for a joint project for the inventory and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement aze public bodies, politic and corporate, under the laws of the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, the parties are vested with the power and authority to undertake joint projects for the health safety and general welfare of the citizens; and WHEREAS, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and the County are all members of the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and the Cities (Counties) for Climate Protection (CCP) program; and WHEREAS, as members of ICLEI and CCP, the County, Cazrboro, and Chapel Hill are all required to conduct an inventory and action plan for reducing GHG emissions, which are a contributor to diminished air quality and ground level ozone; and WHEREAS, Chapel I-Iill, Carrboro, and the County recognize the mutual benefits and economies that would be received by developing a joint Countywide plan; and WHEREAS, the County agrees to accept the financial share of cost of municipalities in the County that are not members of ICLEI or parties to this agreement: NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual promises and obligations set forth herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows: