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RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO PURSUE A SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE DURHAM
TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY
Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appointed a Community College Task
Force in March 2000 to explore the feasibility of a satellite campus of the Durham Technical
Community College (DTCC) in Orange County; and
Whereas, the Task Force findings indicated that Orange County was the largest County in North
Carolina without community college services and that thousands of Orange County residents
are enrolled for community college offerings each semester at community college campuses in
the area; and
Whereas, DTCC already has a strong presence in Orange County through its classes offered at
over 40 different locations throughout the County, including a strong partnership with both public
school systems in the County; and
Whereas, the presence of a DTCC satellite campus would offer an affordable alternative to a
four-year college for Orange County residents and would provide an opportunity for residents to
upgrade their skills for higher paying jobs as well as to allow workers who may have been laid
off from their previous jobs to retrain within their resident county for different and better jobs; and
Whereas, the Board of County Commissioners received evidence of public support for the
satellite campus at both public hearings held on the matter; and
Whereas, the formal declaration of the Board of Commissioners' intent to pursue a DTCC
satellite campus will allow the State of North Carolina and the Trustees of the DTCC, in
collaboration with the Orange County Commissioners, to move forward with planning for the
project's opening in the fall of 2006; and
Whereas, the Board of Commissioners has earmarked $4 million in Orange County's 2002-12
Capital Investment Plan to match the State bond funds that were approved by voters for
community colleges in 2000 and are earmarked by DTCC for an Orange County satellite
campus;
Now Therefore be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
this Resolution of Intent to Pursue a Satellite Campus of the Durham Technical Community
College in Orange County.
This the 21 st day of May 2002.
Signed on behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners by:
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