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if approved, will be spent, and beginning in the current fiscal year (2001-2002), to develop facilities plans that would provide far excess projected high school capacity. 3. The need for financing of high school capacity will be considered along with each alternative financing proposal or project as presented to the Board of County Commissioners. This, the 30`" day of August 2001. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Chair Halkiatis said that we are going beyond with saving renovation money and adding planning facilities money and he thinks this is significant. PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil made reference to the potential for joint Town and County open space. There is a possibility of providing a green corridor from Jordan Lake through the Town of Chapel Hill's open space network and the Town of Carrboro's potential future open space network, through County open spaces to Duke Forest and perhaps tying into the Eno River State Park. He used a map to show how the different greenways could work toward this end. Commissioner Brown introduced a policy statement for parks and open space and said that the proposed policy statement on the green sheet was key for the County in regards to all of the expenditures under the open space and parkland piece of the band. She said that this statement holds the County Commissioners accountable for the public funds. Commissioner Gordon would like to defer action on this until she has time to read it Chair Halkiatis noted that the process far the Intergovernmental Parks Wark Group would be like the Information Technology Committee where projects are received and a committee would review them and the ultimate decision making would be with the Board of County Commissioners. Commissioner Carey asked if this policy incorporates all the policies that the County Commissioners have approved over the past years and Cammissianer Brawn said yes. Commissioner Jacobs said that he has no problem with approving this. He would like to avoid misunderstandings upfront. John Link said that the County has a leadership role in the future when it camel to developing parks and major facilities. He does not think that this has been internalized by other jurisdictions yet. Commissioner Jacobs feels that we need to maintain as much flexibility as possible with the recreation and parks bond allocation. He thinks there is an obligation to the voters to let them know what the County Commissioners are doing, but he also thinks that if you promise people something, it is a commitment. This is different from saying that there is a purpose without specifying. Commissioner Jacobs proposed setting aside $2 million as a soccer super fund. He said that the soccer task force came up with cost estimates of an unimproved field. This fund would give the County the opportunity to build soccer fields as opposed to competing with other projects. Commissioner Gordon said that she understands that soccer fields were included in the park plans. Cammissianer Jacobs said that this could be a multiple field soccer facility.