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requirement, staff recor~mends that the Board establish an additional special meeting for l:opm on this data in the second floor courkroom of the grange bounty courthouse ire Hillsborough. should the Board decide to approve the siting of a &~ landfill in the bounty's jurisdiction, this meeting would allowthe Board to satisfy the requirements I~id out in the North Carolina Administrative bode. There is no financial impact from these scheduling changes or additions and staff recommends their adoption by the Board ~ outlined above and authorization for staff to publish the required notice for the September ~,1 ~~9 public hearing. A motion was made by commissioner Brown, seconded by commissioner Halkiotis to accept the proposed changes in the omrr~isioners' meeting schedule, VOTE: UNANIM~U. ~. Resolutipn ~ osin Coy reasional Le ialation - H,~, ~~~ and . ~~~8. The purpose of this agenda item is to consider adopting ~ resolution stating the Board of bounty ommi~sioners' opposition to two ~} bills under consideration by the United states congress. At the August'17,19gg regular meeting, commissioner Carey suggested that the Eoard adopt ~ resolution, to be transmitted to the President and grange bounty's congressional representatives, which would state the Board's opposition to H. R. ~1 and ,10~. These bills contain certain provisions thatwould inappropriately constrain the prerogatives of local governments to make local zoning decisions, The Board requested that staff prepare a resolution for the Eoard's consideration as soon possible, bounty Attorney Gledhill has prepared the resolution. RE~LUTI~N F THE BANE UNT BARD F IVIMIINE~ ~PPIN ~NREI~NAL LEILATI~N H.~, ~ AND ,~08 WHEREAS, H.R. 7 and ,108 are bills that have been introduced in congress which would essentially provide immediate federal court review of Iocal zoning decisions where the property owners allege a ~-galled regulatory taking of property; and WHEREAS thaw bills if enact ~ . ed in a law, will fundamentally ohange the approach of the federal courts to litigation involving local land use decisions which approach is founded on sound principles of federalism and devolution; and INHEREA, the precepts of federalism and devolution era principles repeatedly supported and trumpeted by congress; and WHEREAS, the present system of review of local land use decisions insures ~ proper balance amen g federal, state, and local governments, and protects the prerogative of locally-elected officials to act in the best interests of the local community; and WHEREAS, if enacted inta law, H.R. 1 and . ~~~, or either of them, would shift the authority over local land use decisions away from local and state authorities to the federal courts in a way that would encourage developers of land to intimidate county officials with the threat of fadaral litigation over any '~, land use decision contrary to the developers request. NSW, THEREFORE, BE IT RELVE~ by the Board of commissioners of grange bounty that: ~' 'I . ~t apposes enactment of aithar H. R. 7 or . 'I 0~, and opposes the enactment of any similar federal legislation attempting to change local, state, and federal relationships with respect to land use regulations; . it urges the members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to oppose and vote against H,R~ 7 and ~ ~~~, and any comparable bills; it urges the President of the United states to veto an such le islation in ~e ova h . y g nt any such legislation passes congress;