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money designated for Twin Creeks Park and use it for Twin Creeks Park. There is additional money in the Soccer Super Fund could be used for the field, but the part that is designated for Twin Creeks Park should be used for creating a linear park. She said that the staff was supposed to do some preliminary work on this. She wants to start developing Twins Creeks with a linear park as a first phase. Commissioner Nelson would like to see from staff whether what Commissioner Gordon is asking is feasible. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Gordon in having staff look at the minutes. He asked that David Stancil and Lori Taft come back with information in writing about Commissioner Gordon's suggestion. Regarding the Soccer Super Fund money, he met with the Vice-Chair, the County Manager, the Mayor of Chapel Hill, and the Manager of Chapel Hill about another issue, and this possibility was brought up. The Mayor and the Manager seemed amenable to this idea if there was a presentation to the Town Board. There would have to be an agreement with the Town on ownership, etc. Commissioner Yuhasz said that if money is going to be shifted around, he'd like to see the operating fund implications of each of these things. He wants to know all of the implications of taking on capital projects. Commissioner Nelson made reference to the funds for library improvements amounting to $3 million, which the Manager put in the CIP originally when the County was committed to the southwest library. Since that time, the Library Task Force has recommended some other items. He is interested in the CIP reflecting the funding that it would take to implement the Library Task Force recommendations. Commissioner Nelson said that he toured some of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools today, and it was eye-opening. He said that there are a number of roof leaks at Phillips Middle School. There are also some other significant problems at other schools that need repair. Commissioner Gordon said that she had suggested previously taking two items for land acquisition and putting first the words "Lands Legacy" and then a `slash' before the other wording to describe them as Lands Legacy items. For example, Lands Legacy/Reserve for Future Land Purchases and Lands Legacy/Mountains to Sea Trail. She also suggested taking all of the projects that have increased over the last year and evaluate them to see if the additional funding could be reallocated. There are also some projects that she is not sure about the urgency such as Government Services Annex of $200,000, and perhaps these funds could also be reallocated. She asked about the recommendation to fund, with an additional penny, the County facilities, which the Manager is recommending not be done. She asked if this affects any other item besides the County Facilities and it was answered no. She said that last year the CIP had unfunded capital needs, including County facilities and land opportunities, and parks development. She said that the land opportunities that are unfunded should also be listed as unfunded this year. Commissioner Nelson asked that the Manager and Donna Coffey make sure that all of Commissioner Gordon's questions were captured by checking with Commissioner Gordon. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the $1.2 million for Emergency Service needs and Laura Blackmon said that this would be brought back to the Board. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to follow the study. Laura Blackmon said that the RFP would be coming in January. Commissioner Nelson agreed. Commissioner Nelson asked about the stabilization of buildings at New Hope Park and asked if there were concerns about the Manager's recommendation. Twin Creeks bond money will not be used for this project. Commissioner Yuhasz asked for the Manager to search for other opportunities to find a place other than the Link Center renovations to capture that money for building stabilization.