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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 15, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-e <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2014 Legislative Agenda <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Public Hearing Notice Commissioner Earl McKee, 245-2130 <br /> Commissioner Renee Price, 245-2130 <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER Greg Wilder, County Manager's Office, <br /> 919-245-2300 <br /> 2) Proposed Orange County 2014 <br /> Legislative Matters Resolution on <br /> Statewide Issues with Exhibits <br /> 3) NCACC 2013-14 Adopted Legislative <br /> Goals <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Conduct a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for <br /> the 2014 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 2) Close the public hearing and review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work <br /> Group's (LIWG) proposed 2014 legislative package and any other potential <br /> items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the <br /> 2014 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 3) Consider approval of one proposed legislative matters resolution on <br /> Statewide Issues; and <br /> 4) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to <br /> highlight for priority discussion at the April 28, 2014 meeting with Orange <br /> County's legislative delegation. <br /> BACKGROUND: The North Carolina General Assembly will convene on Wednesday, May 14, <br /> 2014. In past years the Board of Commissioners has appointed two Commissioners to serve <br /> on a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to work with staff to develop a proposed legislative <br /> package for the County. Based on the work of the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and <br /> approved packages of legislative items to pursue for the respective North Carolina General <br /> Assembly sessions. Commissioners Earl McKee and Renee Price are serving on the 2014 <br /> LIWG and have worked with staff on the proposed 2014 legislative package which is attached. <br />