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Feb-19-99 O1r58P Coleman Gledhill Hargrave 919 732 7997 P.06 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page S <br />February 19, 1999 <br />10. transportation initiatives that could require <br />legislative assistance, including planning for rail stations in <br />Orange County and funding more bicycle lanes; <br />11. further annexation reform, for example, to give people <br />in the area being annexed more control over the process and the <br />result; <br />12. creation of on-campus voting precincts; <br />13, require utility providers to gain county approval for <br />utility route selections; <br />14, campaign finance reform; <br />15. increased accountability from charter schools; <br />16. revise the legislation pertaining to school systems <br />seizing vehicles in a way that holds tYie school systems <br />financially harmless from this Statewide requirement. <br />'xb~ ~~~ of su ort, ever at the <br />hearh~ . <br />Items included in the topics list with your February 16, <br />1999 agenda which, in my view, should not be part of the Board's <br />legislative request at this time follow. <br />1. Amendment of The Machinery Act to "clarify" that a <br />measurement error is the basis for a refund; <br />Z, repeal statute establishing requirement for a county <br />review officer; <br />3. strengthen adult protective services law; <br />4. N.C. DOT reform; <br />S. expand "Work Firs t flexibility; <br />6. opposition to measures to restrict annual inr_rease in <br />the valuation of real property; <br />7. local government exemption from State sales taxes. <br />My recommendation further on these items is that the County <br />Commissioners react during the legislative Session to bills that <br />may be introduced covering these topics. As a practical matter, <br />the initiatives above for the most part are Statewide in nat:,_~re <br />and have a natural "constituency." If that constituency is <br />