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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 22, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-c <br /> SUBJECT: Proposed Establishment of Bond Education Committee Including Structure and <br /> Charge <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of County <br /> Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Structure of Bond Education Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br /> Committee (919) 245-2130 <br /> Proposed Charge to Bond Education Manager's Office, (919) 245-2300 <br /> Committee <br /> PURPOSE: To establish a Bond Education Committee that will develop and assist in <br /> disseminating information to voters concerning the November 8, 2016 bond referendum and <br /> consider a proposed charge to, and structure of, that Bond Education Committee <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners appointed a citizens' Bond Education <br /> Committee to help develop and disseminate factual information about the capital needs that led <br /> to bond referenda in November 1988, November 1992, November 1997, and November 2001. <br /> The Bond Education Committee is proposed to be comprised of school representatives, housing <br /> representatives and interested residents who will communicate to community groups, civic <br /> organizations, and voters in general about the needs that have led to the scheduling of a <br /> November 8, 2016 bond referendum. <br /> A proposed charge and a suggested composition for the Bond Education Committee based on <br /> past County bond referendum efforts are attached. Both are starting points for Board discussion <br /> and decisions. <br /> Public funds may be spent to present factual information to voters about the proposed bonds, <br /> the projects expected to be financed by the bonds, and the circumstances and needs that have <br /> given rise to the bond referenda. Public funds may not be spent on campaigns either to <br /> promote or defeat passage of any bond order before the voters. The Manager's proposed <br /> budget will include funding for the Bond Education Committee and activities and information <br /> materials. <br />