TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
FROM: Telly C. Whitfield, Ph.D., Assistant City Manager
DATE: January 7, 2019
RE:
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Legislative Priorities - Council Resolutions for 2019 NC General Assembly Long Session
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal I: A Safe and Secure Community
Goal II: Diverse and Viable Economy
Goal III: High Quality Built Environment
Goal IV: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Goal V: Sustainable Organizational Capacity
Goal VI: Citizen Engagement & Partnerships
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville looks forward to working with our state delegation to best meet the needs, concerns and interests of Fayetteville residents. The Legislative Priorities and Council Resolutions will articulate this agenda and serve as the guide to elected officials, staff, and our strategic partners, in their collective efforts to advocate on behalf of the City and its residents.
The 2019 Legislative priorities includes the following:
A. Legislative support to amend the City's Charter granting local authority to provide a recall procedure for local elected officials and to hold recall elections.
B. Legislative support to strengthen local public safety agencies' ability to maintain a safe and secure community by:
* Providing an option to destroy obtained weapons (revision to N.C.G.S. ? 15-11.2);
* Funding for the relocation of the Fort Bragg Road Fire Station;
* Securing resources to improve network system connectivity; and,
* Ensuring public facilities have adequate generators for emergency operations.
C. Legislative support for our local multimodal transportation network by:
* Creating opportunities to expand existing public bus fleet operations;
* Restoring formula funding for urban/fixed route transit systems through State Maintenance Assistance Program (SMAP)
* Maintaining stable funding for the Aviation Trust Fund;...
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