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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : March 24 , 2003 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . <br /> SUBJECT Public Hearing on Orange County ' s 2003 Legislative Agenda <br /> DEPARTMENT : Count Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING : (YIN ) Yes <br /> Y <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) OF INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> Commissioner Steve Halkiotis <br /> Public Hearing Notice Commissioner Barry Jacobs <br /> Three Resolutions — Introduction and <br /> Support TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Resolution — Positions on Legislation Hillsborough 732 =8181 <br /> w/ Exhibits A , B , & C Chapel Hill 9684501 <br /> Draft Letter to Orange County Durham 688 =7331 <br /> Legislative Delegation Mebane 336 -227 =2031 <br /> Information from National Association <br /> of Counties NACo <br /> PURPOSE : To hold a public hearing on potential items for inclusion in Orange County' s <br /> legislative agenda package for the 2003 North Carolina General Assembly Session and to <br /> consider approval of draft resolutions for presentation to Orange County' s legislative delegation . <br /> BACKGROUND : In past years , the BOCC has developed a package of legislative items to <br /> pursue for North Carolina General Assembly sessions . A list of potential legislative items for <br /> the 2003 Session has been developed by the Legislative Issues Task Force and is attached to <br /> this abstract . <br /> The Board needs to hold the public hearing on the potential legislative items in preparation for <br /> presenting its proposals to Orange County ' s legislative delegation for consideration during the <br /> 2003 General Assembly Session . <br /> After the public hearing , the Board will need to review and consider approval as necessary of <br /> the attached resolutions and associated materials as developed by staff and the County <br /> Attorney . Those materials consist of four resolutions . The first resolution , with an attached <br /> draft bill , requests that Orange County' s legislative delegation introduce a local legislative bill <br /> regarding bikeway funding authority . The second resolution with its attachment relates to <br /> authorization to levy an impact tax on land development to pay a portion of the costs of school <br /> capital facilities . The third resolution and materials concern cities and counties authority to <br /> enact ordinances prohibiting discrimination . <br /> With the North Carolina Senate ' s local bill introduction deadline of March 19 , 2003 and the <br /> House ' s deadline of March 26 , 2003 , the County Attorney ( at the Board ' s direction ) requested <br /> that Orange County ' s legislative delegation introduce two blank bills in both the North Carolina <br />