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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 18, 2006 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. ° 0 <br />SUBJECT: Next Steps on District Elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a <br />November 2006 Referendum <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, Planning, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />County Commissioners & <br />County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Citizen Petition Cover Sheet <br />2) Draft Principles <br />3) Draft Process/Timetable <br />4) Copy of N,C. Gen. Stat. § 153A -60 <br />5) 3/21/06 BOCC Adopted Motion (Draft <br />Pending Minutes Approval) <br />6) Map & Statistical Data for Proposal 3 as <br />Referenced in 3/21/06 Adopted Motion <br />7) Maps, Statistical Data, and Draft <br />Transition Plans for Additional Seven <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney, 732 -2196 <br />Greg Wilder, 245 -2300 <br />David Hunt, 245 -2130 <br />Member Maps /Plans (Follow -up to John Link, 245 -2300 <br />3/21/06 Draft BOCC Adopted Motion) Brian Carson, 245 -2595 <br />8) Map, Statistical Data, and Transition Craig Benedict, 245 -2592 <br />Plan Requested by Commissioner <br />Carey for Seven Member Variation of <br />Proposal 5 <br />PURPOSE: To provide 1) an opportunity for the Board to consider the next steps on district <br />elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a November 2006 referendum; 2) to <br />review and discuss additional sets of maps /plans, statistical data, and draft transition plans for a <br />potential seven member Board of Commissioners; and 3) to give the Board the opportunity to <br />consider any action and /or provide comments, questions and any further direction to staff. <br />BACKGROUND: At the Board's January 24, 2005 regular meeting, representatives of a group <br />of Orange County residents addressed the Board and submitted a 1200- signature petition to <br />the Board regarding the method by which the members of the Board of Commissioners are <br />elected in Orange County. The representatives requested that the Board review the current <br />method of election for the members of the Board, which entails all five members of the Board <br />being nominated and elected to staggered four -year terms on an at -large basis. The petition <br />requesting an alternative method and manner by which Orange County Commissioners are <br />elected is attached <br />