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A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee: 1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution authorizing the submission of the formal application document by May 1, 2014; and 2) Authorize the Chair to sign the application and corresponding documents on behalf of the Board. Commissioner Dorosin gave thanks to staff for working with this tight timeline. VOTE: UNANIMOUS e. Orange County's Proposed 2014 Legislative Agenda The Board conducted a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for the 2014 North Carolina General Assembly Session; closed the public hearing and reviewed and discussed the Legislative Issues Work Group's (LIWG) proposed 2014 legislative package and any other potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2014 North Carolina General Assembly Session; considered approval of one proposed legislative matters resolution on Statewide Issues; and considered identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to highlight for priority discussion at the April 28, 2014 meeting with Orange County's legislative delegation. Greg Wilder said the purpose of tonight is to conduct a public hearing and to consider items developed by the work group and highlight 3 to 5 items from the Board of County Commissioners' resolution or the NCACC resolution. He noted that Commissioner McKee and Commissioner Price served on the Legislative Issues Work Group. Commissioner McKee said this is not meant to be all inclusive, and this is a short session this year. He noted that there are other issues, but the focus is on issues that have repeatedly been on past agendas. He said some of these were winnowed down and removed from the list to create a manageable number. Commissioner Price said effort was made to stay with the NCACC agenda, since they will be strongly working on those issues. Chair Jacobs said there are two items at the Commissioner's places. He asked Commissioner Rich to review the first item. Commissioner Rich referred the proposed resolution on coal ash at their places - "RESOLUTION REQUESTING LEGISLATIVE ACTION ON COAL ASH IN N.C." She said the County is not threatened directly, but this is a resolution of solidarity with those counties that are affected by coal ash. She requested that this be added to the legislative agenda. Chair Jacobs said the other item, noted on the yellow sheet, is proposed legislation authorizing counties to require residents to participate in solid waste collection programs conducted by counties and impose a fee for the solid waste collection services in a manner similar to the authority granted to cities. He said the fee may not exceed the costs of collection. He said this was introduced last year, and there is some concern as to whether or not this can be introduced as local legislation, but it was a priority. Commissioner McKee requested the Board pull item 1, "Revenue Options for Local Government," from the legislative agenda so it could be considered separately.