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c. Economic Development Districts Commissioner Brown commented on page 6 and asked about "expansion" of the EDD. John Link said that this is a carry over from the former Economic Development Director. This plan will not move forward without the Board of County Commissioners approving it. Commissioners Jacobs suggested taking out "expansion of" and move forward. Chair Gordon asked that the objective be added to this goal. John Link said that the objectives and timelines will be added to this goal and brought back to the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the status report, as to which January for cooperative planning in Hillsborough the statement is referring to, 1999 or 1998. This will be clarified and brought back as well. Commissioner Brown asked about #7 and she was told that it was an old goal. She said that if this is to remain she would like to include HOV and include park and ride lots. It was decided that this goal will be reworked. Chair Gordon said that she just wants a definition of what this is at this time. Regarding the Orange County loan pool, she questioned the cost. John Link said that $50,000 is the actual amount put in the loan pool. The total cost is $65,000, it is not an additional amount. Chair Gordon asked about sustainability and noted that it should be mentioned here. Three Commissioners asked that the staff write this up, and the Board of County Commissioners will decide where to put it in the goals. d. Education - Effective and Sufficient School Funding Commissioner Brown would like to add that the manager develops the budget guidelines for the schools, and that the manager develop a goal for value engineering. Commissioner Carey would like to see a policy on the schools setting priorities and for that to be done now. John Link said that Commissioner Halkiotis had offered to work with the staff to move forward on value engineering. Commissioner Brown suggested changing the wording to Value Engineering/Construction Management Liaison position. John Link will write something up on the manager developing the budget guidelines, independent value engineering/construction management as a function, and prioritization of projects. Chair Gordon asked about the objectives that were in the previous goals which are not included in these new ones. Rod Visser said that the previous version had four objectives. The view on equitable funding at the Board of County Commissioners' retreat was that the focus needed to be more on effective and efficient funding rather than equitable funding. This one was not included in the goals. The last two were issues related to joint use of facilities, and those are to be addressed in the Parks and Recreation task force and Schools Land Use Council. Chair Gordon would like for Rod Visser to look through and see where the previous goals are. e. Human Services Commissioner Brown asked about the emergency response center, and would like to get some information on what the emergency evacuation plans are. Specifically she would like to know what will happen if something happens at Shearon Harris, and how the County would handle a chemical spill. She would like to have a report on this. Chair Gordon made reference to the handout on the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Plan. Commissioner Brown said this addressed the concerns, except for the emergency evacuation plan now. The Board agreed to adopt these goals, adding the emergency evacuation plan.