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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page 2 <br />November 6, 2008 <br />I take Chancellor Thorp's August 12, 20081etter to mean the UNC Board of Governors <br />will elect to create an airport authority to "support the mission of [the University of North <br />Carolina at Chapel Hill] and the University of North Carolina Health Care System." N.C. Gen. <br />Stat. § 116-272(a). This means that the airport authority will consist of 15 members appointed as <br />follows: <br />one member appointed by the General Assembly fora 3-year term upon the <br />recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance <br />with G.S. 120-121 (the appointment will be made by enactment of a bill or an <br />amendment to a bill); <br />2. one member appointed by the General Assembly fora 3-year term upon the <br />recommendation of the President Pro-tempore of the Senate in accordance with <br />G.S. 120-121; <br />3. eight members appointed to 3-year terms by the Board of Governors upon <br />recommendation of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at <br />Chapel Hill, provided that four of the initial members so appointed will serve <br />terms of three years and four will serve terms of two years; of the eight members <br />appointed by the Board of Governors, an equal number are to be representatives <br />of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North <br />Carolina Health Care System unless it is "impossible" to appoint an equal number <br />from each, in which case the Board of Governors will determine a "fair <br />representation on the airport authority from each [of the two entities]"; <br />4. three members appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange <br />County, one of the initial members to be appointed fora 1-year term, one fora 2- <br />year term and one fora 3-year term with successors being appointed for 3-year <br />terms; and <br />5. two members appointed by the municipalities within Orange County, Chapel Hill <br />appointing one member fora 2-year term and Carrboro and Hillsborough <br />alternately appointing one member fora 2-year term with Carrboro making the <br />first such appointment. <br />All vacancies on the authority will be filled by the governing board authorized to make the initial <br />appointment and the vacancy appointment is for the remainder of the unexpired term. There are <br />special rules pertaining to legislative appointment vacancies which I am omitting from this letter. <br />