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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. S -a <br />SUBJECT: Public Hearing on Initial Draft Maps /Plans Related to Possible District Elections <br />for the Board of Commissioners <br />DEPARTMENT: County Attorney, Planning, <br />County Commissioners & <br />County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Preamble <br />2) Draft Principles <br />3) Draft Process/Timetable <br />4) Sample Newspaper Public Hearing <br />Notice <br />5) Draft Potential Impacts of Three Plans <br />on Current Commissioners <br />6) 10/26105 County Attorney Letter <br />Regarding Redistricting <br />7) Three Initial Draft Maps with Base <br />Census Data <br />(ATTACHMENTS PREVIOUSLY <br />PROVIDED on May 5, August 24 & 31, & <br />October 17, 2005 — Not Included Here) <br />1) Excerpt from May 5, 2005 Work <br />Session Minutes <br />2) Definition of a Resident Information <br />3) County Commissioner Partisan Election <br />Provisions <br />4) NC Counties Population /Concentration <br />Comparison with Orange County <br />5) Minutes from Five Meetings of the 1993 <br />Task Force on the Process of Electing <br />County Commissioners <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />6) Multimember or Unusual County <br />Commissioner Election Systems <br />7) Super Districts — Artie Franklin Letter to <br />Chapel Hill Herald Editor <br />8) Three Counties Methods of Election <br />Follow -up <br />9) Options for Electing County <br />Commissioners by Residential Districts <br />from Chair Carey <br />10)May 2005 Staff Report on the Structure <br />of Boards of County Commissioners <br />11)2002 & 2004 General Election Results <br />for BOCC <br />12)Maps Showing Districts for NC House <br />Seats <br />13)School Districts Map <br />14)Elections Precincts Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney, 732 -2196 <br />Greg Wilder, 245 -2300 <br />David Hunt, 245 -2130 <br />John Link, 245 -2300 <br />Brian Carson, 245 -2595 <br />Craig Benedict, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To conduct a public hearing on initial draft maps /plans related to Possible District <br />Elections for the Board of Commissioners; continue the Board's review of the draft maps /plans <br />and other associated materials related to possible District Elections for the Board of <br />Commissioners; and provide comments, questions and any further direction to staff as <br />appropriate. <br />