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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1998-024 Resolution outlining Legislative Initiatives and points of Interest 05-06-1998 -7b 10 NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION REGARDING ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE MATTERS BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Board hereby requests the Senators and Representatives representing Orange County to support the following legislative matters : 1 . House Bill 271 . This bill would provide for the reimbursement to public school administrative units of sales tax paid by those units in the same manner and for the same purposes as the law provides for North Carolina counties and cities . House Bill 271 was approved by the House of Representatives in the 1997 regular legislative session but has not been approved by the Senate. 2 . The passage of a bill calling for the study of the practical and fiscal impacts on public school administrative units of Chapter 1997-379 of the Session Laws (House Bill 448) , which Act requires county public school administrative units to impound vehicles confiscated from repeat DWI offenders . 3 . The passage of a bill calling for the study of additional property tax discounts for the elderly to be undertaken, however, only in the context of a study of property tax exemptions generally and their impact on the property tax base. 4 . The passage of Statewide legislation which would require the North Carolina Pesticide Board to adopt regulations requiring notice of proposed applications of pesticides in a manner reasonably calculated to give notice to persons using the 11 property to -be treated with pesticides and in a manner reasonably calculated to give notice to landowners adjoining the property to be treated with pesticides. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Orange County supports: 1. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners in its support of the passage of a Statewide local option 10 sales tax, (which would exempt sales of food), the proceeds of which would be shared by counties and municipalities, be used only for capital projects, be distributed on the basis of point of sale, be levied only upon a local referendum which approves the levy of the tax. 2. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners in its support of Statewide legislation to increase the facilities fee and the officers fee under N.C. Gen. Stat. ~§ 7A- 304, 305 to help offset the cost to counties of providing court rooms, judicial offices, facilities for the clerks of court, additional court bailiffs, court facility security systems and providing for probation officers in or near other court facilities, the need for which has risen dramatically and will continue to rise dramatically. 3. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners in its support of Statewide legislation to increase to $25,000 both the exclusion and the income threshold to the property tax Homestead Exemption; provided that the State reimburses local governments 100 of the $8 million Statewide loss to local governments as the result of the increase in the Homestead Exemption or that the State reimburses local governments for half of all revenues lost to local governments because of the Homestead Exemption. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Board hereby requests the Senators and Representatives representing Orange County to introduce and support the following legislative matters: 1. AN ACT TO ASSIST ORANGE COUNTY, THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH THE EXPEDITING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES (Exhibit A to this Resolution). 2. AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONSENT OF CERTAIN COUNTIES BEFORE LAND IN THOSE COUNTIES MAY BE CONDEMNED OR ACQUIRED BY A UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY (Exhibit B to this Resolution). 3. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN COUNTIES TO LEVY ONE-CENT LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS (Exhibit C to this Resolution). 4. AN ACT AMENDING NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE § 153A- 445 (MISCELLANEOUS POWERS FOUND IN CHAPTER 160A) TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE COUNTY TO REGULATE BY ORDINANCE THE EMISSION OF POLLUTANTS OR CONTAMINATES IN THE SAME MANNER AND TO THE SAME DEGREE AS CITIES ARE SO AUTHORIZED AS PROVIDED IN N.C. GEN. STAT. § 160A- 185 (Exhibit D to this Resolution). Upon motion of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner the foregoing resolution was adopted this the day of 1998. 12 Y 13 I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on 1998 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in Minute Book No. of the minutes of said Board. WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of 1998. Clerk to the Board of Commissioners lsg-12 leg.res 14 Exhibit A AN ACT TO ASSIST ORANGE COUNTY, THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE CHAPEL HILL- CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH THE EXPEDITING OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES WHEREAS, Orange County is faced with the critical need for school facilities created by a dramatic growth in student population; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education have jointly approved and funded a Capital Improvements Plan - 1997-2007 which includes plans for the construction of school facilities to meet the dramatic growth in student population in Orange County; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Education has implemented a model facilities plan using the Unitary System Approach (USA) to design school facilities that are educationally effective and economically efficient; and WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education will consider using the Unitary System Approach to design school facilities; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Education will competitively bid the USA school design under the separate prime bid laws of North Carolina and will develop certain cost parameters based on the USA concept; and WHEREAS, Orange County, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education desire to explore alternative approaches to expedite the construction of 15 school facilities that could assist in meeting the critical needs for school facilities; and WHEREAS, the General Assembly reaffirms its commitment to enhance public education and to encourage innovation by public officials in meeting the critical need for school facilities; Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes, Orange County, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education and the Orange County Board of Education may select and negotiate with separate prime contractors to build the Unitary Systems Approach (USA) model school plan if the unit of government bidding and contracting for the school construction determines that using the selection and negotiations processes instead of competitive bidding will expedite the project, create an effective construction team, and control costs, quality and schedule. Section 2. This act shall apply to construction of an elementary school in central Orange County in the Orange County School District, a middle school in the Chapel Hill or Carrboro area in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District and a high school in central Orange County in the Orange County School District. If a unit of government authorized by this act uses the USA method for the construction of any of the schools identified here, that unit of government will report to the General Assembly the net price per square foot for each so a 16 project competed using the USA method at the completion of each project using the USA method. Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and expires on June 30, 2002.