Agenda 6-c - Orange County's Proposed 2019 Legislative Agenda

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 19, 2019 Action Agenda Item No. 6-c SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2019 Legislative Agenda DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Commissioner Renee Price, 245-2130 1) DRAFT 2019 Orange County Priority Commissioner Mark Dorosin, 245-2130 Legislative Issues John Roberts, 245-2318 2) DRAFT Other Orange County Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager's Legislative Interests Office, 245-2300 PURPOSE: To: 1) review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work Group's (LIWG) proposed 2019 legislative package and any other potential items for inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2019 North Carolina General Assembly Session; 2) Consider approval of the 2019 Orange County Priority Legislative Issues document; and 3) Consider approval of the Other Orange County Legislative Interests document. BACKGROUND: The 2019 North Carolina General Assembly "long session" convened on January 30, 2019. The Board of Commissioners has historically appointed a Legislative Issues Work Group (LIWG) to work with staff to develop a proposed legislative package for the County. Based on the work of the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and approved packages of legislative items to present to Orange County's legislative delegation. Commissioners Renee Price and Mark Dorosin are serving on the 2019 LIWG and have worked with staff on the proposed 2019 legislative package, which consists of the two attached documents, in preparation for the Board's March 11, 2019 Legislative Breakfast meeting with Orange County's legislative delegation. As the LIWG considered its approach for this year, the Group decided to keep the list of priority legislative issues short and focused, aiming for five to seven legislative priorities. The group ultimately identified seven legislative priorities, acknowledging that the full Board of Commissioners may want to consider modifying the list, exchanging an item for another item, or other potential revisions. Attachment 1 is the draft list of seven potential 2019 Orange County Priority Legislative Issues. While the LIWG wanted to focus on the seven priorities in Attachment 1, it also decided that the County should continue to express its positions on multiple other topics that were relevant in previous years and continue for 2019. Attachment 2 is a draft listing of Other Orange County Legislative Interests. It includes legislative issues the Board has submitted in past years to the County's legislative delegation.