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2007 Board of Directors Anita Badrock, Chair Smither & Associates, Inc. Bill Bunch, Vice Chair William H. Bunch, CPA, PA Pegi Brady, Treasurer BB&T Charlie Fisher, Past Chair James Lee Witt Associates Gregory Connor, General Counsel The Connor Law Firm Aaron Nelson, President and CEO Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber _________________________ Zina Almers 1360AM WCHL Delores Bailey EmPOWERment, Inc. Creighton Blackwell RBC Centura Jan Bolick Business Class Inc. Anthony Carey The Siena Hotel Rick Chambless SunTrust Bank Mayor Kevin Foy Town of Chapel Hill Glen Greenstreet Greenstreet Builders, Inc. Berkeley Grimball Grimball Jewelers Terry Hamlet S.H. Basnight & Sons, Inc. James Harris Town of Carrboro Barbara Jessie-Black The PTA Thrift Shop, Inc. John McKinney BellSouth Telecommunications Mary Mewkill Smith Breeden Associates, Inc. Diana Minta A Better Image Printing Davis Montgomery Duke Energy Greg Overbeck Chapel Hill Restaurant Group Liz Parham Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Dr. Neil Pedersen Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Todd Peterson UNC Healthcare Pat Phelan Edward Jones Investments Gerald Ramoin Performance AutoMall Dianne Reid Orange County EDC Michael Roach Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC Kevin Schwartz The Daily Tar Heel Mark Sherburne East West Partners Management Walter Sturdivant 1360AM WCHL Peter Tompkins The Chapel Hill News Dr. Tony Waldrop UNC Chapel Hill

May 7, 2007 Mayor and Town Council Town of Chapel Hill Town Hall 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27514 RE: Petition for Council endorsement of NC Senate Bill 670 -  Energy Devices That Use Renewable Resources Dear Mayor Foy and Members of the Chapel Hill Town Council: The Chamber is committed to the triple bottom line of sustainability: environmental stewardship, social equity and economic prosperity. On behalf of our members and the local business community, we ask that you join the Chamber in support of NC Senate Bill 670 on renewable energy production and give it your formal endorsement. NC S670 will prevent local governing bodies and homeowners associations from prohibiting the installation of energy devices that are based on the utilization of renewable resources. This legislation speaks directly to the use of solar collectors for their photovoltaic and water heating potential. The Chapel Hill Town Council has previously taken special interest in issues of sustainability through the Million Solar Roofs Initiative, efforts to improve the energy efficiency in development projects and the creation of a Sustainability Committee. We feel that NC S670 is in line with these initiatives and is well worth supporting. Your support will affirm your role in promoting sustainability and send a strong message to our state legislators. Thank you for your consideration, Aaron Nelson  President and CEO     Enclosures: 1. NC Senate Bill 670: Energy Devices That Use Renewable Resources