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Commissioner Brown asked that the first meeting be more educational to bring everyone up to speed. One thing that was left out but that should be included was the groundwater studies for Orange County which described aquifers and gave other information. Commissioner Gordan agreed that it was important to include a discussion of groundwater issues. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he was tired of getting information through the press. He made reference to an article in the paper that stated that a developer went to the Hillsborough Town Board asking fora 300,000-gallon water allocation for a project that is in Orange County's jurisdiction. The communication needs to be tightened up so that there are na surprises. He suggested that the agenda for the initial meeting be brought back in a generic way. 6. LIBRARY PLANNING Chair Jacobs suggested that the County Commissioners take the library recommendations and develop a goal. He would like to see the Board endorse having a "cybrary" at the Northern Center and at the Century Center for the next fiscal year and get the cost estimates for those two additions. He recommended that the Heritage Center for documents be included in the space needs study. There is more than $100,000 in private funds pledged for this. Commissioner Brown feels that the County Commissioners need to discuss this further. She does not want to commit funding to any project because she does not know what may be involved. Commissioner Carey suggested as the first goal to define the level of service that we want to provide to our citizens. The goal should be to make some decisions about it that will determine where we will spend the money if we want to make some changes. Commissioner Gordon said that she is in favor of doing as much as possible for the libraries. She said that it might be best to establish the standards in the goals. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he is ready to make a commitment that we need to do more for promoting libraries in this County. He was surprised that we now have eight students taking Durham Tech classes at the Northern Center and they are using surplus computers. He feels that the library needs to have a place in the Northern Center and also we need to know costs for the Century Center. He is ready to da something but he is not ready to allocate any monies yet. Commissioner Brawn said that every school has media centers. We have the university libraries. She would like to see where the needs really are. She does not agree with the per capita piece that Chapel Hill espouses. She would like to educate herself on the "cybrary" concept. Chair Jacobs suggested asking the staff to put together a goal with same decisions that the County Commissioners must make based on some timeframes with more information on usage difficulties for specific age groups and geographic areas. Commissioner Gordon would like to have an analysis from Jahn Link about what should be in the central libraries and what should be dispersed. LUNCH 7. 250T" ANNIVERSARY Economic Development Director Diane Reid said that Orange County would be 250 years old on September 9, 2002. An informal group has been meeting and talking about themes that might be appropriate. The overarching theme is the quest for freedom. Sub-themes include preservation and education. They are suggesting tying into existing events from September 2002 through September 2003. They would like to sponsor a logo design competition, which would be the logo for the County