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ORANGE COUNTY .BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 3, 2000 Action Age da Item No. n SUBJECT: Board of Commissioners Legislative Agenda for 2000 DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: John Link, ext 2300 Town of Chapel Hill's Potential Legislative Items Information TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968501 - Durham fi$8-7337 Mebane 33fi-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss potential items for inclusion in the Board of Commissioners/Orange County's legislative agenda package for the 2000 North Carolina General Assembly Session. BACKGROUND: The 2000 North Carolina General Assembly Session begins on May 8, 2000. This is planned to be a "short session" of the Legislature. The BOCC has expressed a desire to formulate a legislative package to pursue for the 2000 North Carolina General Assembly Session. The Board has previously discussed and approved a coordinated plan for making direct contact with legislators and legislative committees and becoming more actively involved in the legislative process in support of Orange County's legislative package. Information regarding the County's 1999 legislative activities as well as the legislative areas available for consideration during the "short session" has also been provided to the Board by the Caunty Attorney. The Board now needs to move forward with determining the actual legislative items to pursue during the 2000 "short session". The Board previously discussed "brain-storming" on an individual basis to develop potential items to pursue during the 2000 legislative session. It was also noted that other additional sources for potent"a~l legislative items were the Towns and the school systems, which Staff contacted. Infomnation from the Town of Chapel Hill on its legislative plans is attached. The Town of Carrbaro stated that while town officials had recently met with Orange County's legislative delegation, no legislative items were on the table for this year, but that there would probably be some next year during the General Assembly's "long session". The Town of Hillsborough noted that it was only pursuing one item, which was the de-annexation of a portion of Fox Hill Farms subdivision. Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools reported that they were generally following statewide legislation that was proposed by the state association, but that no action had occurred on the local level regarding specific legislation. And information from Orange County Schools was that no legislative items were being discussed this year.