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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 7, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -a <br />SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2009 Legislative Agenda <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) I Ye. <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Public Hearing Notice <br />3130109 Background Memo and Materials <br />Regarding Proposed Jordan Lake <br />Nutrient Management Rules Position <br />Statement <br />UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br />Alphabetical Index of Potential Legislative <br />Issues <br />Subject Area Index of Potential Legislative <br />Issues <br />Proposed Orange County 2009 Legislative <br />Package — Legislative Matters <br />Resolution and Exhibits, <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Valerie Foushee <br />Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br />PURPOSE: To 1) Hold a public hearing on* Orange County's potential legislative items for the <br />2009 North Carolina General Assembly Session; 2) Review and discuss potential items for <br />inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2009 North Carolina General <br />Assembly Session including the proposed Jordan Lake Rules position statement; 3) Approve <br />the legislative matters resolution with 'exhibits based on the public hearing and Board <br />discussion; and 4) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to <br />highlight for priority discussion at the April 20, 2009 meeting with Orange County's legislative <br />delegation. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina General Assembly convened on Wednesday, January 28, <br />2009. In past years the Board of Commissioners has appointed two Commissioners to serve <br />on a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to work with staff to develop a proposed legislative <br />package for the County. Based on the work of the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and <br />approved packages of legislative items to pursue for the respective North Carolina General <br />Assembly sessions. At the Board's February 10, 2009 work session, Commissioners Valerie <br />Foushee and Barry Jacobs were selected for the 2009 LIWG and work began immediately on a <br />proposed 2009 legislative package. <br />At its March 17, 2009 regular meeting the Board approved an item on the Consent agenda <br />authorizing a public hearing on Orange County's proposed 2009 legislative agenda during <br />