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Nicole Gooding-Ray said that the schedule for voting on the comprehensive plan in April for the <br />Planning Board is unrealistic. <br />Chair Brown asked John Link when this could come up in a work session and John Link said that it <br />would be in March or April. This could not be discussed at the February quarterly public hearing. <br />BOARD MATTERS <br />Board Procedures: <br />Commissioner Jacobs would like to work on having a more comprehensive disclosure and conflict <br />of interest statement for the Board and also see what other governments do. <br />Geoff Gledhill will come back with a recommendation. <br />Commissioner Gordon mentioned that TTA has recently revised their disclosure statement. This <br />could be requested as an example. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis asked Geoff Gledhill to review what we have been doing over the years to <br />provide this required disclosure statement. Commissioner Jacobs said that this could be an ethics <br />statement. <br />Chair Brown said that she would like to see what other local governments are doing on campaign <br />contribution policies. <br />Work Group Updates: <br />This was attachment B on the red sheet in the notebook. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked that the groups be reviewed to see if they are correct and then <br />brought back. <br />Chair Brown reviewed each board. <br />Communications -John Link reported that they are close to finding a new Chief Information <br />Officer for Communications. <br />County Space Needs Inventory- Pam Jones said that they have looked at the components and <br />the idea is to do it in work sessions for each component. <br />Economic Development Districts -Commissioner Halkiotis said that neither he nor <br />Commissioner Jacobs were invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hampton Pointe. He said <br />that he feels that because of the presence of the two County Commissioners and the Planning staff <br />from Orange County that it is going to end up to be a better project than what it would have been. <br />John Link made reference to the chipping of the debris at Hampton Pointe and said that they <br />followed up on it and it is within the Town's jurisdiction. <br />Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the current location of the Wal-Mart and if there was any <br />success in contacting the owners about the possible use of this facility. Rod Visser said that the <br />staff has met with the Manager of Wal-Mart in the last ten days and they are very amenable to <br />working with the County. The problem is with the absentee owner of the property. He said that <br />