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Regional Legislative Agenda <br />Page 3 <br />Homeland Security and Regional Emergency Preparedness: Triangle J supports legislation for the <br />following Homeland Security and Regional Emergency Preparedness initiatives: <br />Provide planning services for homeland security on a regional basis, and the funding of city and <br />county needs for regional emergency preparedness <br />Leadership and affirmative action from the Governor's Office, the N.C. Division of Emergency <br />Management, and the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety for the resources necessary <br />to assure adequate "threat assessment ", sufficient communications capabilities, evacuation <br />planning, the necessary training associated with Homeland Security, and implementation of the <br />Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN) <br />Stronger regulatory control requiring disclosure of hazardous and toxic waste at all sites, both <br />temporary and permanent <br />Indigent and Uninsured Health Care Delivery Costs: Triangle J seeks legislation to establish a <br />legislative study commission to develop recommendations on the state's health care delivery system and <br />the needs of the uninsured population. <br />Immigration: Triangle J supports legislation to establish a legislative study commission to develop <br />recommendation on the effects of documented and undocumented immigration upon municipal and <br />county services and how to address the many challenges these demands on local government services <br />create. <br />OTHER PRIORITIES <br />Aging and Long Term Care Needs for the Older Population: Triangle J supports efforts to recognize <br />the right of every North Carolina resident to have access to health care, and the restoration of Area <br />Agency on Aging funding to the level available in 2001. Triangle J further supports legislation that: <br />Provides support to address workforce shortages of direct care workers trained and paid <br />to assist those in need of long term care <br />Allow consumers to make informed decisions about nursing home placement <br />Provides for improved access of older adults to dental care services, including support <br />for the special care dental delivery model using mobile care units to serve long -term <br />care facilities and senior centers <br />Mixed Income Housing: Mixed Income housing, as an element of land use planning and growth <br />management, is key to quality of life in the region. Triangle J supports legislation that appropriates <br />recurring funds for the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund to provide new home ownership <br />opportunities, along with affordable rental homes for the disadvantaged. <br />Economic Development: Triangle J supports legislation providing for state cooperation with the region's <br />Foreign Trade Zone activities as a link to the global trade market to assure continued economic vitality. <br />Triangle J also supports regional transit as an important part of the region's economic development <br />strategy. Triangle J supports legislation that creates a state policy for alternative energy job creation and <br />independence through business incentives, and the use of North Carolina's universities and their research <br />capabilities. <br />Open Space: Triangle J supports funding of the state's One North Carolina Naturally Initiative, along <br />with other open space and green space concerns, inclusive of increased funding for farm land <br />