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Chair Brown: Valerie, we've had two meetings with you, which we've set up, and we asked for <br />information I think from your staff, and we haven't received that. Can you make sure that we get <br />that so that we can proceed? <br />Valerie Foushee: I will indeed. <br />Chair Brown: And as soon as we get that information, then we can put it in so we can talk <br />about it at the meeting. But we do need that information sa we can have an agenda for the next <br />meeting. That would be great. <br />Commissioner Gordon: My recollection of what happened at the meeting that Valerie <br />Foushee is talking about is that we did give assurances that the additional $2.2 million would be <br />available, and that resolution for the smart growth principles would be reached. And I thought <br />that we even said that they would probably be reached by September 16t". I would make 315 of <br />the Board that gave the assurances that if the smart growth principles were met, that the <br />additional $2.2 million would be given. So I think from what we said right now, that 3/5 of the <br />Commissioners, although we didn't vote, we gave the assurances. So I feel your letter is <br />accurate, in fact. And I would just say that I am disappointed the committee hasn't came back <br />after two meetings. I hope it doesn't take more than an additional meeting, because I thought <br />that when we sent the group off that it wouldn't take a very long time. The group was fairly <br />informally constituted, and I thought it was one or two meetings that we were contemplating. So <br />I was disappointed that we didn't get resolution by September 16t", which I believe had been, <br />although we didn't vote on anything, the understanding. So I would hope that in the future, that <br />the staff would came up with meeting notes for the first two meetings that would be distributed <br />to the Commissioners just like the High School Planning Task Farce meeting notes. I would ask <br />the Manager to make those meeting notes available, and that from now on meeting notes be <br />made available. These are public meetings and should have meeting notes. And I understand <br />the two Commissioners on the group are reporting back to us, but I really think we need the <br />formality of meeting notes so that we all know in a mare formal fashion what has happened. So <br />I hope that, John, you will get your staff to make those available for the last two meetings and <br />then take notes at the additional meetings as they unfold. But I do hope that we will be able to <br />resolve this in a timely manner. I would hope by the end of September. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis: No one remembers best what comes from my mouth but myself. <br />And I gave you my assurance that night, that's absolutely true. And I am getting really <br />perplexed to try to figure out why is this project being delayed aver this last little piece dealing <br />with the school board adhering to smart growth design principles in a building on this campus. <br />I'm aware of the principles that were listed that night. Those are all good, basic design <br />principles that should be incorporated into the design of the school, period. You've got <br />competent architects, and they should be able to interpret those very easily. You all told us that <br />night you're now settled on a school for 800 kids, with future expansion to 1,200, right? And <br />that you've got a difficult site to work with, there's going to be a lot of rock to deal with. And we <br />realize that the site development costs are going to be expensive. But I thought you all were <br />going to move ahead and tell your architects, "Forge ahead." Two point two million dollars on <br />that school is basically what you're going to spend for furniture, technology, and some other <br />stuff inside. I'm just putting all of that out there. That's going to take care of the inside with the <br />furnishings to all practical degrees. The actual design of the building, should have a green light. <br />They should have an understanding right now what they need to be producing. And I really <br />would say to you all that you need to sit down with your architects and tell them to get moving. <br />Because I don't want anybody coming back to say that we delayed the construction of this <br />school, because I'm going to be upset, and I'm going to take back my 20%, and that's going to <br />