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1 Andy Sachs clarified that Commissioner Jacobs would like to identify the things that are 2 not already set in motion. Commissioner Jacobs said that he does not want the comprehensive 3 plan to slide by not putting it as a high priority. 4 Commissioner Foushee said that there are some situations where issues can be 5 grouped, such as school issues, and this would lessen the number of priorities to address. 6 Andy Sachs said that the reason why items such as school issues were not grouped, is 7 that they were all very weighty. 8 Chair Carey said that the issues with the library seem appropriate to go under 9 Space/Facilities/Construction. 10 Commissioner Nelson said that he has been confused about this process from the 11 beginning. 12 Andy Sachs said that he wants the County Commissioners to start from the bottom up 13 and try and stabilize this year. 14 Chair Carey said that it would help to know what the County Commissioners want the 15 product to be at the end of the day. He was hoping to have a list of the priorities and goals at 16 the end of the day that gives the staff some direction. 17 Andy Sachs said that the desired outcome is to wind up with a set of priority issues and 18 then goals underneath that. He asked if there were any other big issues to add to the list. 19 Commissioner Nelson said that, thinking about what Orange County should look like in 20 the next 15-20 years, there should be goals like wanting Orange County to be diverse, just, that 21 jobs be available, etc. He said that he thinks that because they are not starting with the big 22 vision of where the County should go, that they may be missing some priorities such as diversity 23 and justice (i.e., mental health). He does not want to get to the end of day and miss some of the 24 big stuff. 25 Andy Sachs said that there are 28 items on the list now. He asked the County 26 Commissioners to make their own priority lists. 27 Commissioner Gordon said that if there is an item that staff may do anyway, she will not 28 vote for it as a priority. 29 Commissioners Jacobs and Foushee said that they were thinking of sets and subsets 30 and grouped things together. 31 Andy Sachs asked Laura Blackmon and Geof Gledhill to count the votes for each 32 priority. 33 Comprehensive plan: 0 34 Space/Facilities/Construction Project Improvements: Commissioner Jacobs said 35 that he sees this as a subset of Loose Ends/Catching Up. He will vote for Loose Ends/Catching 36 Up with this item in mind. Commissioner Gordon said that Loose Ends/Catching Up does not 37 specify what is in it. 38 Andy Sachs suggested that if an issue is a loose end and it is listed specifically, then the 39 County Commissioners should vote for it. 40 Chair Carey said that the County has to follow through on the things that are already set 41 in motion. 42 Andy Sachs said that it seems to be the consensus that things such as the 43 comprehensive plan did not get a vote because they have already been identified as priorities 44 and have been set in motion. He said that there does not seem to be as much confidence 45 about Space/Facilities/Construction Project Improvements, even though some of it has been set 46 in motion. 47 Laura Blackmon said that even though it is in motion, it still has to be a priority for this 48 year. She said that the staff needs direction from the County Commissioners. She said that 49 there are so many loose ends. This information will also be relayed to the public, so that the 50 citizens know what is important to the Board of County Commissioners. She encouraged the 51 County Commissioners not to discount something that may be in motion already.