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{ - .1~ ~ ~ '-~ PROCLAMATION WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH WHEREAS, the month of March, 1989, has been designated as "WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH," by the U.S. Congress; and WHEREAS, this commemoration of the vast contributions of women of every race, class and ethnic background is worthy of note to all citizen; and WHEREAS, the many contributions have been historically undervalued and overlooked; and WHEREAS, women continue to be integral to the leadership, well-being and quality of life of Orange County; now THEREFORE, do we the Commissioners of Orange County, proclaim the month of March, 1989, as WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH and commend this observance to Orange County citizens. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. E. REPORTS 1. PROGRESS .REPORT _ EDC STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY (A copy of this report is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's Office). EDC Director Sylvia Price distributed a progress report and a brief summary of the timetable for implementation of the EDC Strategic Plan. On March 8, she will present the EDC Strategic Plan to the Board of Commissioners for approval. 2 REPORT FROM AIRPORT CONSULTANTS (A copy of the report is in the Commissioners' Library). Gary Varga from Wilbur Smith Associates reported on the progress of the feasibilit ,; study for the proposed Orange County Airport. The study will be done in two phases. The.. first will cover the inventory, the forecast and facility requirements of the site `'-- selection. The second phase of the study will develop the airport plan, the financial plan and the environmental assessment for this development. They are currently working on the first phase of the study. They are on schedule with this study. He briefly listed those items that would be covered in the inventory and spoke on the forecast levels of the aircraft based in the county and the demand that may be expected in the future. 3. IMPACT TAX REPORT Chair Carey reported that prior to a public hearing comments are being solicited from each governmental entity. He noted that the bill can be introduced for enabling legislation before the March 16 deadline and will not be acted upon until there is a joint public hearing. The bill needs to be made available to the public at this time. Gommissioner Marshall asked that the following revisions suggested by Attorney Gledhill be made to the impact tax bill: (1) Section 4 (1) remove from the end of that section "and commercial building enclosed floor space occupied" and replaced with "in an occupied dwelling and for each square foot of occupied enclosed floor space in a commercial building", and (2) Section 5, last sentence be removed. Geoff Gledhill indicated that both of these corrections will be incorporated into the bill. F. ITEMS FOR DECISION - CONSENT AGENDA Motion was made by Commissioner Marshall, seconded by Commissioner Hartwell to approve the items on the Consent Agenda as stated below: 1. BUDGET ORDINANCE AMENDMENT #5 To approve amendments to the 1988-89 Budget Ordinance by the changes listed below GENERAL FUND Source - Intergovernmental Revenue $ 3,000