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12 <br />1 The Board considered approving a contract with Keith Hayes Writers to develop a style <br />2 guide for the writing of agenda abstracts. <br />3 Commissioner Gordon said that she wants to be clear about the Board of County <br />4 Commissioners' process. She asked Keith Hayes how the Board of County Commissioners <br />5 would be involved in this process. <br />6 Commissioner Nelson said that the Board of County Commissioners can decide this and <br />7 the original decision was to put this on a work session. <br />8 Keith Hayes said that he could have 2-3 Board members who are interested in abstract <br />9 writing to join him as a subcommittee. He said that the point is to come up with a document <br />10 that has Board of County Commissioners' expectations of abstracts. <br />11 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to <br />12 approve a contract with Keith Hayes Writers for the development of a style guide for the writing <br />13 of agenda item abstracts, that Keith Hayes solicits input from all Board members about <br />14 expectations of the style guide for writing agenda abstracts; that the subcommittee do its work; <br />15 and that the matter come back to the full Board with the style guide and the writing of agenda <br />16 abstracts for approval. <br />17 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />18 n. Adoption of BOCC Goals and Priorities - FY2009-10 <br />19 The Board considered formal adoption of BOCC Goals and Priorities for FY 2009-10. <br />20 Commissioner Gordon said that when this was discussed at the August 20tH work <br />21 session, the Board approved the six overall goals and the list of 26 priorities. She said that she <br />22 had suggested to Frank Clifton that the Board adopt verbatim what the County Commissioners <br />23 decided on August 20tH <br />24 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Pelissier to <br />25 adopt the Goals and Priorities of Fiscal Year 2009-2010, given in Attachment A and Attachment <br />26 Bon the revised sheets. <br />27 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />28 <br />29 5. Public Hearings <br />30 a. CDBG Program - IDA Program <br />31 The Board received public comments prior to official close-out of the County's FY 2005 <br />32 Individual Development Account Program and considered authorizing execution of the <br />33 Certificate of Completion by the Chair. <br />34 Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes said that the County received <br />35 $50,000 in CDBG funds for this program, with the intent of helping 20 first-time homebuyers <br />36 with incomes below 80% of the area median income purchase a home. The official grant period <br />37 ended on January 31, 2009. She provided a summary of the activities. <br />38 The Women's Center is the administrator of this program, and out of the 248 families <br />39 that expressed interest, only eight were approved to participate. Of those eight, four families <br />40 were able to purchase homes during the grant period. The purchases totaled $592,000. The <br />41 total amount spent by the program was only $34,000 of the $50,000 grant. There will be <br />42 $16,000 available for future programming use. <br />43 Commissioner Yuhasz verified that the County spent $30,000 to give away $4,000. He <br />44 said that the County should do a better job of giving away more of the money that was spent. <br />45 Commissioner Pelissier said that she would like to see an analysis of why this <br />46 happened. Tara Fikes said that she could present more information at a later date. <br />47 Commissioner Gordon asked for consensus that the Board wants this information and <br />48 the Board agreed. <br />49 <br />50 <br />