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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: .March 24, ,2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- ;-~ <br />SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Orange County's 2003 Legislative Agenda <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Steve Halkiotis <br />Public Hearing Notice Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br />Three Resolutions -Introduction and <br />Support TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Resolution - Positions on Legislation. Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />w/Exhibits A, B, & C Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Draft Letter to Orange County Durham 688-7331 <br />Legislative Delegation Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />Information from National Association <br />of Counties (NACo) <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on potential items for inclusion in Orange County's <br />legislative agenda package for the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly Session and to <br />consider approval of draft resolutions for presentation to Orange County's legislative delegation. <br />BACKGROUND: In past years, the BOCC has developed a package of legislative items to <br />pursue for North Carolina General Assembly sessions. A list of potential legislative items for <br />the 2003 Session has been developed by the Legislative Issues Task Force and is attached to <br />this abstract. <br />The Board needs to hold the public hearing on the potential legislative items in preparation for <br />presenting its proposals to Orange County's legislative delegation for consideration during the <br />2003 General Assembly. Session. <br />After the public hearing, the Board will need to review and consider approval as necessary of <br />the attached resolutions and associated materials as developed by staff and the County <br />Attorney. Those materials consist of four resolutions. The first resolution, with an attached <br />draft bill, requests that Orange County's legislative delegation introduce a local legislative bill <br />regarding bikeway funding authority. The second resolution with its attachment relates to <br />authorization to levy an impact tax on land development to pay a portion of the costs of school <br />capital facilities. The third resolution and materials concern cities' and counties' authority to <br />enact ordinances prohibiting discrimination. <br />With the North Carolina Senate's local bill introduction deadline of March 19, 2003 and the <br />House's deadline of March 26, 2003, the County Attorney (at the Board's direction) requested <br />that Orange County's legislative delegation introduce two blank bills in both the North Carolina <br />