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� 1 portion. That criterion could be waived in considering what recommendation for that agency to 2 bring forward for the Board. 3 Commissioner Jacobs suggested doing away with everything from "conversely" through 4 "JOCCA". 5 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page 7 and "Enables new initiative." He said 6 that this should just say, "i.e., the outside agency addresses unmet needs it perceives in the 7 County." Perhaps an existing agency might see a need and they change their mission. This 8 makes it sound like they would not be qualified in this case. He suggested taking out "a new 9 entry designed to...." 10 11 PUBLIC COMMENT: 12 Beverly Kennedy is the Executive Director of the Family Violence Prevention Center of 13 Orange County. She introduced Hudson Fuller, the Finance Manager. She said that they 14 consider themselves as partners with Orange County and Orange County is the only 15 population that the center serves. She said that she also hears that they should be working 16 towards having a shelter and providing other services, but there are no resources. She said 17 that she is not asking the County for funding. At this point, they do not know what direction to 18 take in their budget process and they would like to have a dialogue with the Board and other 19 human services agencies so that they can understand what is needed in Orange County and 20 will give them a more solid basis to use County money. 21 22 A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger 23 to change the Financial Need item on page 6 to read, "i.e., the Outside Agency fulfills an 24 important mission but requires government assistance to accomplish its service goals 25 (example: OE Enterprises); and the outside agency has demonstrated a reliable, diverse 26 revenue stream of which governmental assistance is a small portion (example: Child Care 27 Services Association). Also, on page 7, "Enables new initiative" will read, "i.e., the Outside 28 Agency addresses unmet needs it perceives in the County." 29 Commissioner Gordon said that on the financial need item, everything from "conversely' 30 to the end should be deleted. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would be fine with this. 31 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 32 33 Commissioner Gordon said that she did not know how to handle the sections with the 34 "yes" and "no." 35 Chair Foushee said to go to "Grounds for Funding Commitment." 36 Gwen Harvey said that the reason that it was drafted "yes" or"no" is because it is a 37 judgment call. 38 Commissioner Jacobs said to ask Gwen Harvey to come back with language to reflect 39 what she just said. 40 Commissioner Yuhasz said that his recollection was that the County Commissioners 41 wanted to move toward a zero-based approach. He thinks that any language that comes back 42 should emphasize that the zero-based approach is the default position and that only in 43 exceptional circumstances will the Board make a commitment to extend funding past one year. 44 45 Frank Clifton said that staff could bring back some clarification on the changes that 46 were made. 47