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BARRYJACOBS, CHAIR EARL MCKEE, VICE CHAIR MARK DOROSIN ALICE M. GORDON BERNADET7E PELISSIER RENEE PRICE PENNY RICH August 27, 2014 Dear Commissioners, INFORMATION ITEM Orange County Board of Commissioners Post Office Box 8181 200 South Cameron Street Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 At the Board's June 17, 2014 regular meeting, petitions were brought forth which were reviewed by the Chair/Vice Chair /Manager Agenda team. The petitions and responses are listed below: 1) Review and consider a public request that the County provide funding for the Clearinghouse for Affordable Housing. Response: Housing & Financial Services staff will be researching; staff will provide update to BOCC. 2) Review and consider a request by Gordon that BOCC electronic agendas be formatted online to: allow users to click on an individual item or attachment that they wish to review and directly jump to that item; number the pages of the agenda packet consecutively, from 1 to N, where N equals the total number of pages for all the agenda items in the agenda packet; and that staff report back to the BOCC how these agenda access changes could be made, and what resources would be needed to do that. Response: Manager to consult with Information Technologies Director and other County staff. 3) Review and consider a request by Commissioner Gordon that staff provide JPA items to all BOCC members within 3 -5 days of receipt and that the items be reviewed at Chair/Vice Chair agenda review for possible inclusion on a Board meeting agenda. Response: Planning staff is reviewing opportunities related to the request and will provide feedback initially to Chair, Vice Chair and Manager. 4) Review and consider a request from by Commissioner Price that the Board recognize by Resolution, rather than by letter, all anniversaries 150 years or greater. Response: Staff to work with public and BOCC on succinct Board resolutions for recognitions, anniversaries, etc. that are 100 years or greater. 5) Review and consider a request by Commissioner Jacobs that staff follow -up on previous request that staff investigate community responsibility efforts of banks and financial institutions the County does business with. Response: Manager to confer with Financial Services. 6) Review and consider request by Commissioner Jacobs that staff provide information to the Board on the feasibility and pros and cons of the County requiring senior staff (department heads, assistant managers) hired in the future to live in the County. Response: Manager to follow -up with Human Resources and County Attorney. 7) Review and consider request by Commissioner Jacobs that staff provide a report to the Board on Orange County's ability to regulate fracking and the permitting process related to it. Response: DEAPR staff to provide follow -up information, including any information on known contracts in Orange County, and County Attorney to review legal constraints of County authority.