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9 1 2 12) Oppose any shift of state transportation responsibilities to counties— Oppose 3 legislation to shift the state's responsibility for funding transportation construction and 4 maintenance projects to counties. Counties cannot afford to assume costs for maintaining 5 secondary roads and/or funding expansion projects; 6 7 13) Expansion of Protected Classes — Seek statewide legislative action to provide all North 8 Carolina local governments with the authority to include sexual orientation and gender identity 9 as protected classes in order to protect these classes from discrimination and discriminatory 10 practices; and authorize complaints for discrimination to be brought in North Carolina Courts by 11 any Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recognized protected class; 12 13 14) Eminent Domain —Oppose adding language to a constitutional amendment on eminent 14 domain that extends any further preemption of county authority to regulate the placement of 15 telecommunication towers; 16 17 15) Fees-In-Lieu — NCDOT as Additional Recipient— Support legislation amending North 18 Carolina General Statute 153A-331 to add a provision allowing counties to transfer fees 19 collected as part of subdivision development, and in lieu of required street construction, to be 20 transferred to and held by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the 21 future construction of roads intended to be added to the State Maintained system. Presently 22 there is no mechanism where a county can collect fees in lieu of transportation improvement 23 construction based on conditions agreed to by both parties during a conditional zoning process. 24 These fees may be for a developer fair share of a future comprehensive intersection 25 improvement but would not be built by NCDOT until other funding could be assigned to do a 26 complete improvement; 27 28 16) Bona Fide Farm Use — Support legislation clarifying that the farm use and agriculture 29 exemption of 153A-340 that restricts local zoning authority applies only to property on which the 30 production of crops or livestock is the primary use. Clarify that marketing and agri-tourism 31 activities must be secondary uses of the property and do not qualify for the exemption in the 32 absence of the production of crops or livestock; 33 34 17) Revenue Options for Local Government— Support efforts to preserve and expand the 35 existing local revenue base of counties and authorize local option revenue sources already 36 given to any other jurisdiction to all counties. Oppose efforts to divert to the state fees or taxes 37 currently allocated to the counties or to erode existing county revenue streams; 38 39 18) E-911 Funds — Support protection and broader applications of the NC 9-1-1 Fund to be 40 used primarily for assuring that 9-1-1 systems are able to upgrade existing performance levels 41 in order to pay for 9-1-1 operations or 9-1-1 related upgrades such as the infrastructure needed 42 to migrate to next-generation (NG911) technology. Orange County has appreciated past efforts 43 and supports future initiatives to assure our citizens are provided continued access to 44 emergency services from all sources; 45 46 19) Renewable Energy— Support renewable energy initiatives available to residential, 47 commercial, industrial and agricultural activities to create a market for energy credits. This 48 support will provide incentives to produce renewable energy, which will become increasingly 49 important to preserving and strengthening the economy and infrastructure, and in the case of 50 agriculture help maintain rural heritage and culture; 51