P-0240 - Public Private Partnership Steering Committee

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r _~~ ti ~.I Public private Conference it seems to me now, the way the Board is organized, that it was a mistake fir me hot to have become ~ I~epr~5~nta'~ive tp this colrrmittee when I became Chair, sa long as such a gr~u~ e~cists I believe the Chair should became ~ member ex off#cia. In addition I am asking the ~aard to mare ~ policy de~isian an whether or not we are willing to hive the disenfranchisement of County ~iti~ens ag~i.n be put upon the table in any form tl~rough the deliberations of this group. the resolution to create a task farce among chamber representatives, Child dare Network and the department of Social Services to address cammur~ity day care needs is perhaps the resolution of mast immediate carnern of the County and one we applaud. Peggy Pollitizer will gather together the valuable work done earlier acrd send it on to the _ chamber -~ I pledged cammi~~ioner office support to her for copying ar~d meiling. Marti Pryor-Cook, of course, pledged her full caoper~tian. . Another resalutlon called far a study of added resources far local government that would wank with the league of Municipalities and Association of bounty Commissioners. Qan, with his tax and finance committees responsibilities should be an especially usef u l resource to th i s effort . fihe bounty is fortunate that attention has been brought to the need to work actively to preserve open space with special atterrtian being paid to the preservation of duke 1=o~est . Several 'initiatives concern directly business concerns specific to the Chapel Hill Carrbaro community -- attitudinal concerns, barriers to the success of small businessas and direct can~erns on develap~rerrt of the Chapel Hill-Carrbora Central business districts. REC~MMEN~AtION~: 1. Authorise the Chair as a member, e~c gfficio, of the publicyprivato partnership Steering cornrnittee, to work towards the goals adapted by the conference; Establish that the Chair, an election, becomes an ex officio representative ~~ any local intergovernmental working group; and ~. Instruct County members of the worl~ing Intergovernmental group to not consider, as a part of their deliberations, diserwf ranchisement of county citizen through placing tJ~em i n e~ctra-serf # taf i a l j ur i sd i ct-i err .