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directly to the Board. She said that they need to make sure of the whole accountability piece and the Board's ability to influence should be very direct. She said that there are many organizations that the County has helped, but she can never find the documentation ar the agreements. John Link said that they would be glad to come back with standards. On the capital side, it can be straightforward, that the County may appropriate money to anon-profit for a specific capital purpose and expect that the non-profit respond back if there is any change in the capital project. He thinks an appropriate question for the Red Cross is the rationale for the selling of the building. On the operating side, he would propose looking at thresholds based on whether or not the County would be funding a public function by anon-profit or other entity far a discrete service that no one else is providing (i.e., Sportsplex and APS). Chair Jacobs made reference to considering a threshold for non-profits and other agencies. Commissioner Carey said that there is a continuum on operating and capital that the Board should take into consideration. The federal government uses the concept of Notice of Federal Interest that has to be filed with the Register of Deeds. This is one option on the capital side. The information can be looked up as a public record of what you give to an agency. County Attorney Geof Gledhill said that another model is the way you fund affordable housing. You lend money for long term and you take a security interest in the property. You can make achoice -you may give money with no expectations of getting anything back unless you sell this property. Commissioner Gordon suggested creating a database of all of this information and records. Jahn Link encouraged the Board to look at the report on outside agencies. The report is fairly comprehensive. The staff will came back with a focus on capital projects and what the appropriations have been for non-profits. Commissioner Brown asked that the reports include the date that the Board voted on it. Jahn Link said that this would be brought back atone of the appropriate budget work sessions in April or May. Discussion ensued about the disconnection between the Board and the non-profits. John Link asked for feedback from the Board on the Budget staff report on the non- profits. Chair Jacobs said that a lot of this was farmed out to the Human Services Advisory Commission and the Board may need to revisit their charge and to see if there is any overlapping. Geriel Thornburg-May said that there might need to be same follow-up with the Red Cross. John Link said that staff would prepare a letter to make an inquiry of their present status. Commissioner Carey asked how much was contributed to Red Cross' capital fund and Donna Dean said $25,000. CREATION OF IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY POSITION John Link said that it would be a great help to have an additional attorney, a staff attorney, to assume responsibilities that may not require Geof Gledhill's hands-on involvement. Geof Gledhill said that in 2001 this was first discussed and he wrote to the Board. He said that his firm has being working with Orange County since 1976 and there is no legal memory of Orange County except in his office. Chair Jacobs said this proposal was put together with Geof Gledhill's direct consultation and it got partially derailed by budget problems in 2001-02. Commissioner Carey said that for the purposes of succession, the County should go in this direction. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Geof Gledhill's concept of organizational memory is important. He would like to move ahead with the concept, but he wants to know what it is