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Commissioner Halkiotis noted that in many school systems nationwide, carpet replacement and installation has declined by about 35%. Orange County has adapted a policy to not replace carpet and install a more earth-friendly tile. Carpet is too prone to airborne quality issues. He would like to study carpet replacement issues in County government. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about building safety and what the $74,000 involves other than fire and security alarms. Commissioner Gordon made reference to Orange Enterprises and said that she feels the County is committed to doing this project. The staff will bring back more information on the list of projects that can be deferred. Commissioner Gordon said that she does not have a problem with postponing contribution of the amount of money that 2/3 would raise, {i.e., $619,455}, but she thinks it is too bad that these certain projects that happen to be funded by that source are the ones targeted far the cuts. If we are going to target $3.1 million, she would like to open up both Section 1 and Section 2 as possibilities and not just focus on the ones that just happen to have as their funding stream the 2/3 penny. She would prefer expanding it to all of the pay-as-you-go projects. Discussion of November 2001 voter approved bonds and alternative financing plan discussed by Board of County Commissioners in April 2002: Chair Jacobs said that the Board asked for more information on the addition to the Board of Education Building for OCS using alternative financing. Rod Visser said that we received same information several months ago from the Superintendent. He will try and find these documents before the meeting with the school boards. Commissioner Gordon said that it seems that what is in doubt is in the details. There is no doubt about the project - to add more student seats at Hillsborough Elementary and move the administration building to the newly constructed facility. Her question is why would they want to add more seats since there is a surplus of elementary school seats in the Orange County Schools. Chair Jacobs made reference to senior centers and asked how we were determining that one senior center is all bond money and one senior center is 213 alternative financing. He said that it might be the perception that one is being given more weight than the other. He thinks that we have bent over backwards to say that we are treating the central part of the County just the same as the southern part. He thinks that this should be reflected. Chair Jacobs asked about the July 2004 alternative financing and the $3.7 million for CHCCS. Donna Dean said that the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board identified $11.1 million in unmet capital needs. The $3.7 million is staggered over a period of three years to make up that $11.1 million. Some of it is related to the new high school. The staff will provide a breakout of these projects. Lands Legacy: Chair Jacobs made reference to money for Lands Legacy and said that several County Commissioners have talked about wanting to move some of the monies forward. Environment and Resource Conservation Director David Stancil said that there is a lot going on, process wise, with the parks. He made reference to the annual action plan that they will do after they know the funding for FY 2002-03. He made reference to the memorandum (red document) and the three bullets. The first piece speaks to the County-only park projects, which is the Park Facility Planning process. Secondly, there is the Planning Process far Joint Town and County Parks and Open Space Projects. This is being reviewed by the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group. The IP Work Group will return a recommended process in October. The third part is the annual action plan.