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38 <br /> <br />Greg Wilder, Assistant to County Manager for Legislative Affairs, presented the <br />following item: <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The 2018 North Carolina General Assembly “short session” convened on May 15, 2018. The <br />Board of Commissioners has historically appointed a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to <br />work with staff to develop a proposed legislative package for the County. Based on the work of <br />the LIWG, the BOCC then reviewed and approved packages of legislative items to present to <br />Orange County’s legislative delegation. <br /> <br />For 2018, and in contrast to past years, the Board of Commissioners invited the three members <br />of Orange County’s legislative delegation to the April 17, 2018 regular Board meeting to discuss <br />issues of concern to the Board of Commissioners and the legislative delegation. Board <br />members conversed with members of the delegation, and members of the public also had the <br />opportunity to comment. <br /> <br />Following the discussion, the Board provided direction to staff and Commissioners Mark <br />Dorosin and Penny Rich, as the 2018 Board appointees to the Legislative Issues Work Group, <br />to bring a 2018 legislative package back to the Board for approval. The LIWG members have <br />subsequently consulted with each other and all seven BOCC members and developed the <br />attached package consisting of the three attached documents. <br /> <br />The first attached document is a draft listing of potential 2018 Orange County Priority <br />Legislative Issues (Attachment 1). This document was developed based on feedback from <br />Board members on the items included in second attachment to this abstract. <br /> <br />The second attached document is a proposed legislative matters resolution on Statewide <br />Issues (Attachment 2). It includes legislative issues the Board has addressed in past years as <br />well as <br />two new items – Restoration of School Impact Fee Authority and the 3DaysCount™ initiative. <br /> <br />The third attached document is a proposed resolution expressing general support for the North <br />Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) 2018 Short Session Priorities and <br />Goals (Attachment 3). However, the draft resolution also details two qualifications to that <br />support regarding an item related to the Clean Water Management Trust Fund and a second <br />item opposing NCACC’s goal to repeal the statutory authority under North Carolina General <br />Statute 115C-431(c) that allows local school boards to file suit against a county board of <br />commissioners over county appropriations for education. <br /> <br />The Board will need to discuss and consider both legislative matters resolutions (Attachments 2 <br />& 3) as provided by the LIWG. Following consideration of the resolutions, the Board will likely <br />want to discuss and consider the draft listing of potential 2018 Orange County Priority <br />Legislative Issues (Attachment 1). <br /> <br />The work of the Legislative Issues Work Group to this point is based on the current information <br />available for the 2018 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 /> <br />2018 ORANGE COUNTY PRIORITY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES