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8 1 Greg Wilder said the legislative issues work group consisted of Commissioner Dorosin 2 and Commissioner McKee and the public hearing notice was published in three local 3 newspapers as well as online. He said that after closing the hearing tonight, a package should 4 be approved in preparation for the Board's meeting with the legislative delegation on March 11. 5 Greg Wilder said the first item from the work group is a resolution contained in 6 attachment 2, and it consists of 30 items outlined beginning on page 5 of the abstract. He noted 7 that the first item of the thirty is Revenue Options for Local Government, and it contains a 8 version A and version B with the Commissioners being asked to pick one of those two versions. 9 He also noted two corrections: one to item 7, which should be starred; and one to item 21, 10 which is starred and should not be. 11 Greg Wilder said the other resolution is based on a request from the Clean Water 12 Management Trust fund back in December for the County to consider a resolution to support 13 funding for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. He said this is attachment 3, and 14 background information is given in attachment 4. 15 He noted the last item in the packet is NCACC's adopted legislative goals, for use a 16 reference source. 17 The manager's recommendation is as follows: 18 19 1) Conduct a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for the 20 2013 North Carolina General Assembly Session ; 21 2) Close the public hearing and review and discuss the Legislative Issue Work 22 Group's (LIWG) proposed 2013 legislative package and any other potential items 23 for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2013 North 24 Carolina General Assembly Session. 25 3) Approve one proposed resolution regarding support for funding for the Clean 26 Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF); and 27 4) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to highlight 28 for priority discussion at the March 11, 2013 meeting with Orange County's 29 legislative delegation. 30 31 Chair Jacobs asked Greg Wilder to review the legislative deadlines and Greg Wilder 32 said the House and Senate establish deadline for the filing of bills in the legislative branch and 33 the introduction of bills on the floor. The deadline for the Senate will occur before the Board's 34 legislative breakfast on March 11th; therefore this will be sent to Sen. Ellie Kinnaird so she can 35 take action if she so chooses. He said that the House deadline will not have passed, so there 36 will be time for reaction to comments and questions there. 37 Commissioner Dorosin said this was an engaging process with many items to discuss 38 and they tried to streamline things as much as possible. He said this adequately represents the 39 universe of things and it is a "wish list". 40 Commissioner Gordon thanked Commissioner Dorosin and Commissioner McKee for 41 working on these issues. She thanked Greg Wilder for the efficient operation of Orange County 42 and said that he does most of his work behind the scenes, and he is very much appreciated. 43 Commissioner Rich asked for clarification on option a and b for item 1. 44 Commissioner McKee said he and former Commissioner Yuhasz had had concerns in 45 the past regarding option A, revenue options for local governments. He read the verbiage from 46 the packet and said that he reads this as giving the Board the authority to enact the transfer tax 47 that failed previously in Orange County. He said he will continue to oppose this as written. He 48 said he supports the second wording in option b, as it does not enable the board to enact things 49 arbitrarily.