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3 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF TM TRIANGLE GREEN-PRINT <br /> WHEREAS,the presentation of appear space provides many beaefis to Oreagc County residents <br /> including packs, figoorie and seems landscapes,habitat l'or wildlife and native plans, f nlmd <br /> and rural character,water and air quality protection; and <br /> WHEREAS,Omage County implemetal a Lands Legacy program in April 2000 to protect <br /> important natural areas,parklands,waterahed buffets,farmland and"Hand and bubble sires in <br /> the Courtly,working with other public and private partners;and <br /> WHEREAS,this Lands Legacy program has protected or preserved over 800 cause of land in its <br /> two years of operation-including joint initiatives with other entities;met <br /> WREREAS,m November 2001,voters in tha Comity approved car ad uoml$]million for the <br /> Inds Legacy program as part of the parks and apm Were bonds;and <br /> WfIEREAS,Orunge Comity is corrardy updating its 1988Jaymlpry ofloatmal Arens and <br /> W Idlis hat tat to examine the status ofthe existing 64 sites identfied in 1988, and explore the <br /> existence of climb previously-unidentified site;and <br /> WHEREAS,the North Carolina General Assembly passed a law making it the State's goal to <br /> pmnmmtly protect an additional one million acres of open apace(G 113A-241); end <br /> WHEREAS,We Triangle I Council of Governments,Triungle Land Conservmety,mad NC <br /> Divisim of Parks and Recreation have formed the Triangle GreenYnnt Project and have released <br /> a Regional Open Space Assessment, and <br /> WHEREAS,the Regional Open Space Assessment dacomms important opm space areas in the <br /> six-county Triangle region that were identified by 140 prole missed and eitlxen open space <br /> experts;and <br /> WHEREAS,the Regimml OPen Space A.sseesmemr identifies many open stance nten that may <br /> offer opportunities for(hangs cowry to consomme with other gave==jorisdictioms to <br /> Former them;and <br /> WHEREAS,the likelihood ofprotection ofthese most space areas wire be evhenced through <br /> severeness of their significance and adoption of format plans for their protection; <br /> NOW THEREFOREREITRESOLVED� <br /> That the Camage Comity Board a Commissioners[hooks and recognizes the efforts of the 140 <br /> technical experts who provided train expertise to develop the Regional Open Space Assessinew <br /> as an overmmv a Itiangle open stances than[ere wormy of same level of poorest on; <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board asks County staff to oompare the report to the <br /> County's existing Ends Legacy Long-Ton Presents 2001-2010,and Annual Action Plan,for <br />