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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-a <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2016 Legislative Agenda <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Public Hearing Notice Commissioner Penny Rich, 245-2130 <br /> Commissioner Mia Burroughs, 245-2130 <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER Greg Wilder, County Manager's Office, <br /> 919-245-2300 <br /> 2) Proposed Orange County 2016 <br /> Legislative Matters Resolution on <br /> Statewide Issues with Exhibits <br /> 3) Proposed Orange County 2016 <br /> Legislative Matter Resolution on Orange <br /> County Detention Center Property <br /> 4) NCACC 2015-16 Adopted Legislative <br /> Goals <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Conduct a public hearing on Orange County's potential legislative items for <br /> the 2016 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 2) Close the public hearing and review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work <br /> Group's (LIWG) proposed 2016 legislative package and any other potential <br /> items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the <br /> 2016 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 3) Consider approval of one proposed legislative matters resolution on <br /> Statewide Issues; <br /> 4) Consider approval of one proposed legislative matters resolution on the <br /> Orange County detention center property; and <br /> 5) Consider identifying three to five specific items from the entire package to <br /> highlight for priority discussion at the April 18, 2016 breakfast meeting with <br /> Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> BACKGROUND: The North Carolina General Assembly "short session" will convene on <br /> Monday, April 25, 2016. In past years the Board of Commissioners has appointed two <br /> Commissioners to serve on a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to work with staff to <br /> develop a proposed legislative package for the County. Based on the work of the LIWG, the <br /> BOCC has then reviewed and approved packages of legislative items to pursue for the <br /> respective North Carolina General Assembly sessions. Commissioners Penny Rich and Mia <br />