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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 16, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County's Proposed 2021 Legislative Agenda <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Commissioner Renee Price, 245-2130 <br /> 1) DRAFT 2021 Orange County Commissioner Amy Fowler, 245-2130 <br /> Legislative Priority Issues John Roberts, County Attorney, 245- <br /> 2) DRAFT Other Orange County 2021 2318 <br /> Legislative Interests Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager, <br /> 245-2300 <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) review and discuss the Legislative Issues Work Group's (LIWG) proposed 2021 <br /> legislative package and any other potential items for inclusion in Orange County's <br /> legislative agenda package for the 2021 North Carolina General Assembly Session; <br /> 2) Consider approval of the 2021 Orange County Legislative Priority Issues document for <br /> submittal to the County's legislative delegation; and <br /> 3) Consider approval of the Other Orange County 2021 Legislative Interests document to <br /> also be shared with Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> BACKGROUND: The 2021 North Carolina General Assembly session convened on January <br /> 27, 2021. The Board of Commissioners has historically appointed a Legislative Issues Work <br /> Group (LIWG) to work with staff to develop a proposed legislative package for the County. <br /> Based on the work of the LIWG, the BOCC has then reviewed and approved packages of <br /> legislative items to present to Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> Commissioners Renee Price and Amy Fowler are serving on the 2021 LIWG and have worked <br /> with staff on the proposed 2021 legislative package, which consists of the two attached <br /> documents, in preparation for the Board's April 19, 2021 Legislative Breakfast meeting with <br /> Orange County's legislative delegation. <br /> As the LIWG considered its approach for this year, the Group decided to identify a set of <br /> Legislative Priorities and a set of Other Legislative Interests. The Group ultimately identified <br /> twenty-two (22) Legislative Priorities, acknowledging that the full Board of Commissioners may <br /> want to consider modifying the list, exchanging one item for another item, other potential <br /> revisions, etc. Attachment 1 is the draft list of twenty-two (22) potential 2021 Orange County <br /> Priority Legislative Issues from the LIWG. <br /> While the LIWG wanted to focus on the twenty-two (22) Priorities in Attachment 1, it also <br /> decided that the County should also express its positions on other topics. Attachment 2 is a <br /> draft listing of Other Orange County 2021 Legislative Interests. It includes issues the Board has <br />