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r ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 2, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. _q SUBJECT: Bond Education Committee Charge and Structure DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Proposed Charge and Structure Sharron Siler, ext 2302 Draft Timeline for Bond Education Campaign Draft Agenda for 9/3/97 Meeting Letter Inviting Citizen Participation on the TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Bond Education Committee Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a charge to, and structure of, a Bond Education Committee that will develop and disseminate information to voters concerning the November 4, 1997 bond referendum. BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has scheduled a referendum on each of 5 bond orders, totaling $60.6 million, to be presented to Orange County voters on November 4, 1997. At its August 20 meeting,the Board adopted a resolution indicating its intent to appoint a citizens' committee to carry out a bond education effort for Orange County citizens during the next several months. The Board scheduled an organizational meeting for this group for 7:00pm on Wednesday, September 3, 1997 at the Homestead Community Center Attachments to this abstract include: a proposed charge to the committee; a suggested sub- committee structure for the overall Bond Education Committee; a draft timeline of activities and meetings for the Committee, leading up to the November 4 election; and a suggested agenda for the September 3 organizational meeting of the Bond Education Committee. Public funds may be spent to present relevant factual information to voters about the proposed bonds, the projects expected to be financed by the bonds, and the circumstances and needs that have given rise to the bond referendum. Public funds may not be spent on campaigns either to promote or defeat passage of any bond order put before the voters. The 1997-98 Orange County Budget includes a$12,000 appropriation for Bond Education Committee activities and informational materials. As the subcommittees undertake their work and develop cost estimates for the production and distribution of informational materials, the Board could consider an additional appropriation, if needed, from the Contingency account.