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January 2009 — Item was not considered at the 2009 BOCC Retreat due to time constraints. This goal reflects many hours of discussion over the years. No one in the United States has a social justice goal except the State of Washington. He said that there are no specific budget requirements for this goal. How it is implemented is entirely up to the Board of County Commissioners. In passing this goal, the Board is only saying that there are values and that everyone in the community is important. Having a social justice goal will assist the Board of County Commissioners in all decisions that affect the citizens of the County. He introduced former Chair Bill Hendrickson. Bill Hendrickson encouraged the Board to read the entire goal document. He suggested that the Board work through the goal one step at a time over several years. He said that it would mean a lot if the Board worked through this with the Human Relations Commission over the years and implement the suggestions in this goal. Commissioner Gordon thanked all for their good work and persistence. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Board of County Commissioners always has a financial impact on all agenda items and he suggested having a social justice impact on all abstracts to look at all they do to incorporate social justice conscience into their work. He would like to bring this goal to the forefront. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the part that says, "ensure economic sufficiency" and said that she does not think that the Board can ensure this and she suggested saying something like "promote economic sufficiency." Joe Nanney said that he could change it to "promote." Commissioner Pelissier asked what the County Commissioners would be asked to adopt — page 5 or page 6. She said that to directly talk about funding of the goals can be problematic. Joe Nanney said that it would be up to the Board. Commissioner Pelissier said that she likes the vision and goals with minor tweaking. Frank Clifton said that Orange County is involved in a lot of these issues already. He said that the group did talk about measuring the accomplishments. He said that he would eventually like to develop some processes that are continued on a regular basis to evaluate progress in certain areas. Chair Foushee said that the Manager's comments lead to the next steps of tweaking language and moving forward towards implementation in the future. Commissioner Jacobs asked if it was appropriate to ask Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes and the HRC to work on this instead of the Manager. Frank Clifton said that Tara Fikes could deal with the follow-up items. Tara Fikes said that the Board of County Commissioners is interested in a formal recognition and adoption of goals that are laid out in the document. The next step would be to talk about the monitoring of the evaluation and implementation. Commissioner Pelissier said that there are counties that do have reports on measuring social justice issues and she would not like to invent the wheel again. She suggested looking at some of these models. 2. Trianqle Transit Reqional Half-Cent Sales Tax, Vehicle Reqistration Fee, and County Transit Plans Frank Clifton said that the County Commissioners will authorize either the referendum for the half-cent sales tax and/or the vehicle registration fee. He suggested that any of that action also incorporate discussions of the County's transit system and the cost of operation to the County's system. Right now the County's operation costs about $800,000+ a year. Of