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z Resolution WHEREAS, the United States Senate is currently considering the Conservation and Reinvestment Act (CARA), which would provide $3 billion dollazs each year to land conservation programs, especially state and local governments for land conservation, and WHEREAS, the U.S. House of Representatives passed CARA on May 11 by a vote of 315-102, with strong bipartisan support, and the bill has also been forwarded by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to the floor of the full Senate, and WHEREAS, the State Parks system, the Orange County Lands Legacy program and area land trusts could benefit greatly by the passage of this act and the investment in our nation's green infrastructure and critical open spaces (over $47 million of which could be sent annually to North Cazolina); and WHEREAS, CARA would provide a dedicated source of funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund to the tune of $900 million pex year, a fund that has recently been recommended to award a $262,000 grant for the Little River Regional Park and Natural Area, and WHEREAS, private property rights and the flexibility of local government to maintain its tax base are not compromised by providing the option to pursue enhanced protection of natural resources and development of recreational opportunities for citizens through purchase of environmentally significant properties, and WHEREAS, conservation leaders in North Carolina have urged local governments to ask North Cazolina's senators to support CARA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Commissioners call upon Senators Edwards and Helms to support the Conservation and Reinvestment Act, and that a letter to this end be dispatched from the Chair to both senators. This, the 15`~ day, of August, 2000 Moses Carey, Jr., Chair ATTEST Beverly Blythe, Clerk to the Boazd