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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 17, 1991 1 Action Agenda Item No 1 __& SUBJECT: Development of Hunting and Human Rights Ordinances DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING +wYES NOr_X�_ ATTACHMENT(S)'r w INFORMATION CONTACT County Manager, ext 2300 None TELEPHONE NUMBER Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Mebane 227 -2031 Durham 688 -7331 PURPOSE: wTor receive, �for information only, a report from the County Manager and the County Attorney concerning plans for development of two County ordinances relating to hunting and human rights. BACKGROUND: At the August 20, 1991 regular meeting, the Board of Commissioners received a status report on local legislation addressed in the 1991 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Authority has been granted to the Orange County Commissioners in Senate Bill 623 to adopt ordinances regulating hunting and fishing and promoting human rights. At the August 20 meeting, the Board directed the Manager and Attorney to develop plans for adopting appropriate ordinances for these activities. By early October, the Manager and Attorney will meet with the Sheriff, the Orange County Forest Service Ranger, and two representatives of the hunting community in Orange County to discuss how to best implement a County hunting ordinance, including education of the public. We will receive feedback from these parties on the proposed hunting ordinance, and develop and present an implementation plan to the Board for the October 22 regular meeting. During the next month, the Orange County Human Relations Commission will be asked to review their proposed ordinance and to make appro- priate amendments that will conform to the provisions as authorized by Senate Bill 623. Upon review by the County Attorney and County Manager, the amended ordinance will be presented to the Board of Commissioners for review in November. At the same meeting, a recommended implementation plan and timetable for adopting the ordinance will be presented. Steps will include a format for the public hearing that may include other municipalities; and County staff will work with representatives of the Human Relations Commission and the towns to develop an implementation plan. With July 1, 1992, as the proposed effective date of the ordinance, resources necessary to implement a human rights ordinance would be determined as part of the 1992 -93 budget process and presented to the Board of Commissioners during budget deliberations.