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'T <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> Memorandum of Understanding between Orange County and the <br /> Towns of Chapel Hill , Carrboro , and Hillsborough :o <br /> Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) <br /> Whereas , in April 2008 , the Orange County Board of Commissioners , Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council, Carrboro Town Council, and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners endorsed <br /> the Orange County 10 -Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and entered into a <br /> memorandum of understanding to fund and support the Plan ' s implementation by the <br /> Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness (OCPEH) , and <br /> Whereas , the Partnership has made significant progress in ending and preventing <br /> homelessness in Orange County over the past sixteen years , and <br /> Whereas , the parties to this Memorandum came together and revised this Memorandum <br /> of Understanding in 2015 , and <br /> Whereas, reflecting a combination of national best practices , national funding models , <br /> and local experience, the Orange County 10 -Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness has <br /> evolved to become an ongoing program, the Orange County Plan to End Homelessness , <br /> and <br /> Whereas , the role of the Partnership is to implement Orange County ' s Plan to End <br /> Homelessness and serve as the Continuum of Care for Orange County, and <br /> i <br /> Whereas , the parties to this Memorandum understand the value of this work to each <br /> i <br /> jurisdiction and accordingly intend to continue to fund and support it, and <br /> Whereas , the initial 10 -Year Plan created a body called the Executive Team, now called <br /> the Leadership Team, consisting of representatives appointed from each of the above <br /> r <br /> governmental partners and a cross -section of community representation, charged with <br /> providing oversight and direction to the plan, and the parties to this Memorandum intend <br /> for the Leadership Team to continue to perform this role, and <br /> Whereas, the parties to this Memorandum intend to continue funding the Partnership ' s <br /> Homeless Programs Manager and Housing Access Coordinator, and provide partial <br /> funding for the Homeless Programs Coordinator, all of whom have job responsibilities <br /> outlined in a Job Description (Attachment A) , and <br /> Whereas , in order to implement the Plan, the Partnership is providing direct service <br /> programs via passAhrough funding fiom other sources , and <br /> Whereas, the four elected appointees continue to recommend and serve on the OCPEH <br /> Executive Team, which shall consist of the four elected appointees , to ensure that the <br /> interests of all four funding jurisdictions are consistently represented ; <br /> Whereas , the parties to this Memorandum have determined the amount of funding to be <br /> provided by each partner by utilizing a population-based formula based on the latest <br /> i <br />