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� 1 Commissioner Hemminger said that it would be a shame if this park did not open. She 2 would like to find a way to make this happen for the public without the $30,000. She 3 suggested having a community meeting to discuss the issues and options that may be 4 available. 5 Dave Stancil said that there is an active community organization and this park is 6 maintained by Orange County's mobile crew and frequency may be an issue. 7 Commissioner Gordon said that this park has been a long time coming and they need 8 to figure out a way to open it. She said that the question is where to get the money and what 9 could be done for this park without the $30,000. She said that her understanding was that this 10 was the park that Hillsborough wanted to put on the bond referendum. 11 Commissioner Jacobs said that the County has insisted that this was a County park 12 and not a neighborhood park or a Hillsborough park. This was how it was presented to voters, 13 Hillsborough, and the residents of Fairview. He said that he thinks that this park in 14 Hillsborough is not related to the fact that it is in the County seat, and he thinks that the County 15 needs to have a policy of dealing with facilities within jurisdictions. He thinks that there should 16 be some sort of financial partnership, but there is no policy at this point. He said that the fact 17 that Hillsborough has committed to providing water and sewer is a good faith effort to be 18 partners with the County. He said that Commissioner Hemminger's comments about engaging 19 the community is a good idea, and to have other entities in the community to do the 20 programming instead of our staff would save money. He proposed raising this issue with the 21 Town when they meet in February. He said that he has confidence that if they re-visit this 22 issue, they can come to a better partnership financially. 23 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to 25 approve the revised interlocal agreement with the Town of Hillsborough regarding property 26 exchanges, operations and other issues at Fairview Park— including a revised agreement from 27 the Town of Hillsborough dated October 25, 2010. 28 29 Commissioner Nelson said that this issue is an open sore in the community and it is 30 time to move on. He said that a half a cent on a Town's tax rate is an unrealistic expectation. 31 He said that there might be a more realistic figure. 32 Commissioner Pelissier said that she is concerned about just leaving out the $30,000 33 and leaving the agreement as is. She suggested making the agreement for a shorter period of 34 time in order to have more discussion about this with the Town. 35 Frank Clifton said that the park cannot be open until the property exchanges take 36 place. He recommended that the Board approve the agreement and then talk more about this 37 in February. 38 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 39 40 Chair Foushee suggested that the Board of County Commissioners hear what the staff 41 has to say about opening the park and the costs. 42 43 b. Budqet Process FY2011-2012: Outside Aqency Application Fundinq 44 The Board considered approving a summary document intended to inform and facilitate 45 decision-making on funding allocations for Outside Agencies in FY2011-12. 46 Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey said that this is a follow-up to the work 47 session on October 26th. She said that she redid the prologue, which is the guiding 48 documentation for this process. She also made the related revisions to the actual score card, 49 which is used by various staff groups and advisory boards. This is included in Attachments 1