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r <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 15, 2001 <br />Action Agenoda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: General Plan for Legislation Support Process for North Carolina General <br />Assembly Sessions <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Draft Orange County General Plan for <br />Legislation Support Process for the North <br />Carolina General Assembly Sessions <br />(Note: This item was tabled at the May 1, <br />2001 BOCC meeting. Additions to the <br />attachment appear in bold. Deletions <br />are shown as she-t#redgl~.) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Commissioner Steve Halkiotis <br />Commissioner Bany Jacobs <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a proposed general plan for Orange County for an on-going legislation <br />support process for North Carolina General Assembly Sessions this year and in ensuing years. <br />BACKGROUND: During recent years, the BOCC has expressed a desire for Orange County to <br />become more actively involved in the legislative process in support of Orange County's <br />legislative package through the development of a coordinated plan for making direct contact <br />with legislators and legislative committees. This coordination effort would also be utilized, as <br />appropriate, to support proposals by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, <br />other counties, and other entities. Activities to counteract legislative proposals which would <br />harm Orange County or North Carolina counties in general may also occur. <br />During 2000, staff developed and the Board. approved a plan concerning the BOCC's efforts <br />relative to a coordinated legislative effort for the 2000 General Assembly Session. That plan <br />has since been modified in nature to become more general and applicable to the current <br />legislative session as well as future legislative sessions. A draft containing those modifications <br />is attached. <br />Following BOCC review and approval of the proposed plan, staff will develop a summary sheet <br />detailing the process participants and the general legislation process activities. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None other than staff time. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the General <br />Plan for Legislation Support Process for North Carolina General Assembly Sessions. <br />