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Commissioner Gordon said that the Board really needs to discuss these amounts. <br />She made reference to changing from previous budgets to this budget and she distributed a <br />handout entitled "CIP Recreation and Parks Summary from 2002-2012." On Lands Legacy in <br />2007-2008, the CIP had $500,000 a year and then in this CIP it is down to $200,000 a year. <br />This is an example of something where she felt that the County Commissioners had approved <br />of $500,000 per year and the staff had decreased the amount. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the Sportsplex, and noted that the county's <br />original obligation to fund the Sportsplex ended with a payment of $100,000 in 2004-05. She <br />was not suggesting that the item be deleted after that, but she said it would be a good idea to <br />create a reserve fund instead of showing the same $400,000 payment year after year as an <br />obligation. She suggested calling it the Sportsplex Reserve and putting in $100,000 in 2004-05 <br />and after that, putting in $400,000 a year for the reserve. Although this is only a semantic <br />change and not a dollar change, it is an important signal that the county is not approving <br />$400,000 per year indefinitely. <br />Chair Jacobs said that it might be useful to put the date (FY) of approval for projects <br />and if it is proposed, when it was proposed. <br />Chair Jacobs asked about the effect and the necessity for adopting this CIP when <br />they are going to start in less than a month considering in more detail the same document. <br />Rod Visser said that to him the importance of adopting the CIP is that they have a <br />planning tool and they do have a new dimension with the SAPFO, and the requirement is that <br />the County would adopt a CIP plan and share it with the other jurisdictions. He said that this <br />would provide assurance that same of the jurisdictions were looking for, primarily for the <br />construction of new schools in a timely manner. <br />John Link said that functionally the Board of County Commissioners could delay final <br />decisions on this CIP. However, he thinks that they should adopt Tier 1 so that they can send a <br />message to the other jurisdictions that they are taking responsibility to approve the CIP as it <br />relates to the SAPFO. They plan to came back with the 2004-2014 CIP and they will <br />incorporate the Board's questions and he said that it is a balancing act with the funds. <br />Donna Dean said that it is more important as they go into the 2004-2014 CIP <br />because they will be looking at issuing debt and the bond rating. This is another important <br />piece of adopting the CIP. <br />Chair Jacobs said that this could be done by the end of this fiscal year. He said that <br />he would be glad to approve Tier 1 projects tonight and then let the Board have a more detailed <br />discussion ofmulti-million dollar projects rather than approve it at a quick glance, knowing they <br />are going to revisit it in three or four weeks. <br />A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to adopt <br />the Tier 1 projects as identified in the document, which address the school projects affected by <br />the SAPFO, and defer consideration of additional CIP items as they complete the 2004-2005 <br />budget process. <br />Commissioner Carey said that the tiered approach warrants more discussion. He <br />said that it is always the Board's prerogative to move projects from one tier to another. He <br />would like to discuss how the tiers work. <br />VOTE: UNANMOUS <br />Commissioner Halkiotis pointed out that it was 10:10 p.m. and there were <br />representatives present for other items. <br />John Link suggested spending the next 10 minutes on briefing of the RRR fee and <br />the tax refund. <br />Chair Jacobs said to deal with Addendum B quickly. <br />