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5 1 Donna Baker said that she would use the subcommittee to help with the attendance 2 process. 3 4 A motion was made by Commissioner Pelissier, seconded by Commissioner 5 Jacobs to ask the internal advisory boards to come up with a work plan every year, and 6 then at the end of the year, to tell the Board of County commissioners what has been 7 accomplished with a summary. commissioner Jacobs amended the motion that the 8 work plan should be consistent with the goals and objectives of the Board of county 9 Commissioners. 10 Commissioner Yuhasz said that he is concerned about heading off some good ideas 11 from advisory boards. Commissioner Jacobs said that "consistent with" is not the same as 12 "parroting". 13 - Frank Clifton said that all advisory boards need to understand that they are advisory 14 boards and the Board of County Commissioners is seeking input. 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 16 17 Chair Foushee made reference to page 12 (Advisory Board actions for consideration-at 18 the top), which was the list of advisory boards with potential changes. Frank Clifton reiterated 19 that these are "potential" changes. 20 Commissioner Gordon asked if the public would be involved in this process. 21 Chair Foushee said that the subcommittee found it difficult to move forward because 22 there was not a process. She said that none of this should be done without public input. 23 Frank Clifton said that some of his recommendations may take a year or more. He said 24 that where the boards have been created by resolution, they would have to be changed by 25 resolution. 26 Commissioner Yuhasz that some of these boards were discussed at the last retreat. He 27 said that before the County Commissioners make any decisions, they need to allow the 28 advisory boards to make some recommendations back as to their charge and if it is worthwhile 29 to continue with each boardlcom mission. 30 Commissioner Pelissier said that she does not want to ask every board what they think 31 their function is, but she would like to flag the ones that could be merged together. she wants 32 to know the pros and cons of the potential changes. 33 Commissioner Jacobs said that there is an argument that the Visitor's Bureau could be 34 spun off as a separate entity, but he wants to know the pros and cons. He made reference to 35 an email from the Commission for Women about the cons of having a non-profit take over the 36 role of operating the Commission for Women. He said that this was very useful. 37 38 Chapel Hill/orange County Visitors Bureau: 39 Commissioner Jacobs said that the County Commissioners should pose to the bureau 40 the question of whether it is not time for the Visitors Bureau to consider being an autonomous 41 entity and the pros and cons of that. 42 Frank Clifton said that he made this recommendation because there are two separate 43 hotel/motel taxes authorized and collected in Orange County. One goes to promote hotel/motel 44 tourism and the other one goes to support recreational services. He suggested partnering with 45 the other entity that has a hotel/motel tax (Chapel Hill) and equally sharing the costs of 46 promotion. 47 Commissioner Nelson said that this issue of Chapel Hill keeping part of these taxes for 48 other purposes is pretty significant. He suggested sending a letter to the Town Council asking 49 them to designate 100% of those funds for tourism.