Title
2020 Federal and State Legislative Agendas
Action
Action:
Approve the Intergovernmental Relations Committee recommendation to approve the 2020 Federal and State Legislative Agendas.
Body
Committee Chairs:
Tariq Bokhari, Intergovernmental Relations
Braxton Winston, Intergovernmental Relations
Staff Resource(s):
Dana Fenton, City Manager’s Office
Explanation
§ On February 3, 2020, Intergovernmental Relations Committee Co-Chairs briefed the Mayor and City Council on the proposed 2020 State and Federal Legislative Agendas.
§ The proposed 2020 Federal Legislative Agenda addresses issues relating to affordable housing, comprehensive immigration reform, transportation and infrastructure, and urban area security initiative funding.
§ The proposed 2020 State Legislative Agenda addresses issues relating to affordable housing, local control, minimum housing standards, and search and rescue team funding.
Intergovernmental Relations Committee Action
§ On January 27, 2020, the Intergovernmental Relations Committee voted unanimously (Bokhari, Winston, Egleston, Mitchell, Newton) to recommend the issues in the 2020 Federal Legislative Agenda.
§ The affordable housing, minimum housing standards, and search and rescue team funding issues in the 2020 State Legislative Agenda to the City Council.
§ On the local control issue, the Committee voted 3 - 2 (Winston, Mitchell, Newton - Yes; Bokhari, Egleston - No) to recommend this issue in the 2020 State Legislative Agenda to the City Council.
Next Steps
§ The approved 2020 Federal Legislative Agenda will be presented to the Mecklenburg Congressional Delegation on March 11, 2020.
§ The approved 2020 State Legislative Agenda will be presented to the Mecklenburg State Delegation on April 14, 2020.
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Proposed 2020 Federal Legislative Agenda
Proposed 2020 State Legislative Agenda