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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 15, 2003 fiction Agenda <br />Item No. ~._ <br />SUBJECT Resolutions Expressing Orange County's Position on Various Legislative Items <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />First Resolution with Exhibits <br />4/2/03 and 4/8/03 Articles on Durham Loop <br />Second Resolution with Exhibits <br />Table Showing Degrees of Potential Losses <br />to NC Counties Under Senate Bill 512 <br />3/31/03 Watauga County Letter Regarding <br />Senate Bill 277 <br />Third Resolution with Exhibit <br />4/1/03 Article on House Bill 863 -Schools <br />Starting After Labor Day <br />4/3/03 Email from Rep. Verla Insko to <br />Geoffrey Gledhill re: Schools Starting <br />after Labor Day <br />3/14/03 Email from Leanne Winner, NC <br />School Boards Association, on <br />Mandated School Merger Proposal <br />4/3/03 Article on State Board of Education's <br />Position on Mandated School Merger <br />Proposal <br />4/3/03 Email from Representative Verla <br />Insko to Representative Douglas Yongue <br />re: Mandated School Merger <br />4/8/03 Article on Schools' Merger Possibly <br />Gutting Cost <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, ext. 2300 <br />Geof Gledhill, County Attorney, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of draft resolutions expressing Orange County's positions on <br />various legislative items. <br />BACKGROUND: The BOCC held a public hearing on March 24, 2003 on potential items for <br />inclusion in Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2003 North Carolina General <br />Assembly Session. After the public hearing, the Board reviewed and approved four resolutions <br />(with associated materials) that requested Orange County's legislative delegation introduce <br />certain bills and that expressed Orange County's positions on various legislative issues. It was <br />nntPrl at that time that the work of the Legislative Issues Task Force had been based on the <br />