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2 <br />At its February 17, 2015 regular meeting, the Board had been scheduled to approve an item on <br />the Consent agenda noting tonight's (March 3rd) public hearing on Orange County's proposed <br />2015 legislative agenda. With the cancellation of the February 17th meeting, staff alternatively <br />published a Press Release alerting the public regarding tonight's public hearing. Staff also <br />subsequently published the public hearing notice in three different local newspapers detailing <br />tonight's public hearing. The notice of the public hearing was also posted on the County's <br />website and on Facebook and Twitter. <br />After closing the public hearing, the Board will likely want to review and discuss the LIWG's <br />proposed 2015 legislative package items and any other items as may be addressed during the <br />public hearing. The Board will then need to consider the legislative matters resolution based on <br />the public hearing and Board discussion. <br />The proposed legislative matters resolution (Attachment 2) for Board consideration addresses a <br />broad range of statewide issues. <br />Following consideration of the resolution, and in preparation for its March 23, 2015 meeting with <br />Orange County's legislative delegation, the Board may want to consider identifying three to five <br />specific items from the entire package to highlight for priority discussion. <br />The work of the Legislative Issues Work Group to this point is based on the current information <br />available for the 2015 General Assembly Session. The issues addressed by the Group may <br />evolve and change over the session and require additional attention by the Group and Board of <br />Commissioners. New issues may also arise necessitating additional review. <br />For reference purposes only, staff has provided the North Carolina Association of County <br />Commissioners ( NCACC) 2015 -16 Adopted Legislative Goals (Attachment 3) which were <br />adopted by NCACC in late January 2015. Some of the items in the legislative matters <br />resolution regarding statewide issues (Attachment 2) generally coincide with NCACC's goals <br />and those items are noted in the resolution accordingly. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with holding a public hearing <br />other than the newspaper advertisement costs which were included in the approved FY 2014 -15 <br />budget. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: <br />1) Conduct a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for <br />the 2015 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br />2) Close the public hearing and review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work <br />Group's (LIWG) proposed 2015 legislative package and any other potential <br />items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the <br />2015 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br />3) Approve the proposed legislative matters resolution on Statewide Issues; and <br />4) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to <br />highlight for priority discussion at the March 23, 2015 meeting with Orange <br />County's legislative delegation. <br />