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FILED <br />LEE COUNTY NC <br />PAMELA G. BRITT <br />REGISTER OF DEEDS <br />FILED Mar 22, 2017 <br />AT 02:38:55 pm <br />BOOK 00003 <br />START PAGE 0180 <br />END PAGE 0180 <br />INSTRUMENT # 01596 <br />EXCISE TAX (None) <br />RESOLUTION <br />SUPPORTING DESIGNATION OF THE 7 COUNTY TRIANGLE J REGION <br />AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT <br />Whereas, Lee County is located in the Triangle J Region of North Carolina; and <br />Whereas, In November 2012, the Triangle J Council of Governments Board of Delegates <br />unanimously adopted The Triangle J Region Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy <br />(CEDS) for the seven county Triangle J Region planning area comprised of Chatham, Durham, <br />Johnston, Lee, Moore, Orange, Wake Counties and their municipalities; and <br />Whereas, the Board of Delegates of Triangle J Council of Governments has directed that <br />Triangle J should undertake activities that further economic development and social welfare in <br />the Triangle J Region planning area and to promote economic development and job creation by <br />carrying out community and economic development initiatives as outlined in the adopted CEDS; <br />and <br />Whereas, Portions of the seven Counties within the Triangle J Region meet all applicable <br />measures of economic distress for unemployment and per capita income as provided in 13CFR <br />301.3 for the 24 -month period ending February 2017 and the region has experienced job losses <br />that qualify through US EDA under special need; and <br />Whereas, the Triangle J Council of Governments is seeking Economic Development District <br />(EDD) designation for the Triangle J Region planning area through the United States Economic <br />Development Administration; and <br />Whereas, the designation of the Triangle J Region planning area as an EDD will further the <br />community and economic development interests of the seven -county region and greatly <br />enhance implementation of our regional CEDS by coordinating efforts to create jobs, build an <br />entrepreneurial economy and attract reinvestment in communities throughout our region — <br />large, small, urban and rural. <br />Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved, that the Lee County Board of Commissioners, as duly elected <br />and authorized representative of the people of Lee County, do hereby support the designation <br />of the seven -county Triangle J Region planning area, comprised of Chatham, Durham, Johnston, <br />Lee, Moore, Orange, Wake Counties and their municipalities, as an Economic Development <br />District through the U.S. Economic Development Administration. <br />