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Commissioner Brown said that was fine as long as it is a list of what the County does already and then others can be filled in. Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Brawn that there should be a list of what of the County already does, including the goals that are already adopted, in the domain being discussed. Commissioner Carey would like to include something in this list related to education because it is so fundamental. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested taking number 15, bringing it up to number 1, explaining to people what the County is doing, and dating it. c) Creation of Orange Unified Transportation Advisory Board Craig Benedict said that he and Karen Lincoln have taken comments aver the last few years and have realized that there are competing issues related to transportation. The suggestion is to try and tie this together with an overarching board to address specific issues as they come up. The members could come from existing boards {County Commissioners, Commission for the Environment, Economic Development Commission, Transportation Services Board, and Planning Board). The issues include air quality, mass transportation, etc. Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks this would be a goad idea. She would like to change the name to the Orange County Unified Transportation Advisory Board. Also, on the membership on page 2, she changed the language as follows: "comprised of two members of the following boards, to be nominated by the boards and appointed by the Commissioners." She also suggested saying, "the board will meet bi-monthly or as needed" to be more flexible. Chair Jacobs agreed and said that this was more like a charge without the specifics. He suggested that if the Board agrees that this is a useful tool, then the Board could ask staff to come back with some immediate, specific goals for the first year of this board. For example, he does not think it needs to have two County Commissioners on it forever. Commissioner Brown asked who would be staffing this and Craig Benedict said Karen Lincoln primarily and he would assist on some projects. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he does not want to endorse this tonight. He is dumbfounded that there is an additional group to put County Commissioners on when several groups were just sunset. He does not want to vote on this tonight. Commissioner Carey asked if any of this was covered by any of the other committees that are already established. Chair Jacobs said that no one is looking at the bike plan, Karen Lincoln works on the TIP, the RPO exists in a vacuum, and no one works on the issue of sidewalks. There used to be a subcommittee of the Planning Board that worked on transportation issues.