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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 5, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Feasibility of Developing a Durham Technical Community College Branch <br />DEPARTMENT: Commissioners' Office <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Moses Cazey , Jr. <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />rutu~v~t;: i o consider appointing an ad hoc committee to study and make recommendations on the <br />feasibility of developing a Durham Technical Community College Branch in the County. <br />BACKGROUND:. Orange County is officially included within the service azea of Durham Technical <br />Community College. Approximately 20% of Durham Technical Community College students resides in Orange <br />County. County residents coming out of high school and those who need training to compete for better paying <br />jobs inside and outside of the County should have the opportunity to receive the training they need closer to <br />their homes. <br />Therefore, I ask the Boadd to appoint a committee to study and make recommendations of the need and <br />feasibility of developing a branch of Durham Technical Community College in Orange County. The most <br />logical place for such development is in Hillsborough since the new Skills Development Center is available to <br />provide needed access to training opportunities in Chapel Hill. <br />If it were deemed feasible to pursue such a branch, I would ask that the possibility of co-location on the site of <br />the new high school to be developed by Orange County Schools be explored. The timing for such joint <br />planning if this project is feasible is now. <br />The committee to study this issue should, at a minimum, include the following individuals and/or groups: <br />• Orange County Schools Superintendent <br />• Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Superintendent <br />• One School Board Member from each system <br />• At least one County Commissioner <br />• County Manager or designee <br />• Two Representatives from Durham Technical Community College (selected by the President of the <br />DTCC) <br />• One Representative of each Chamber of Commerce in the County <br />• One member of the Orange County Economic Development Commission <br />• Orange Public Transportation Director <br />• Three Citizens-at-large <br />