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Commissioner Brown asked why this was not done with high school #3 for CHCCS. John Link said that the school board made the proposal at that time, and staff did not recommend it. He would not recommend this for high school #3 because it is too convoluted. Commissioner Gordon said that she thought this would come up, so she looked back at the minutes for 1997. This issue was discussed at the June 30, 1997 meeting and Commissioner Gordon distributed a handout that contained excerpts from the minutes {this handout is hereby made a part of these minutes by reference). She said that it turns out that she and Commissioner Carey thought that the County should fully fund the high school and then fund the elementary school later, when it was needed, instead of including it on the bond referendum. The other three Commissioners (Crowther, Halkiotis, and Brown} thought that both of the schools should be included an the bond referendum. The Orange County Schools had made a special request that both the high school and elementary school be put on the bond referendum, and that the Orange County Schools would use their pay-as-you-go funds to pay the debt service for the high school funding that was not included on the bond referendum. The Board decided by a 3-2 vote to put both schools on the bond referendum. Chair Jacobs asked if there were any school board members left from that time and it was answered that there are only two left. He said that it would be useful to the school board for the County staff to put together these final numbers so that this will be available to other school board members. Gontinuation of presentation. Commissioner Gordon said that in 1997, the bond referendum with County projects, including senior centers, failed. She asked some clarifying questions, which were answered by staff. Commissioner Gordon asked about the park operations base and County storage facility and what is the $675,000 going to be used for. Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones said that it will complete the park operations base and it will provide storage for things such as voting machines and EMS equipment. It will be a metal building with 4,000 square feet for the park operations base and an additional 3,000 square feet for storage. These are the initial figures. The estimate is about $50-75 per square foot. The building will be designed so that there can be additions, if needed. Commissioner Gordon asked about the two stabilization projects and why it costs so much for the little house and Cates Farm House. Donna Dean said that these estimates came from Dave Stancil. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the Cates house did not have a substantial foundation when it was built, and it will cost a lot of money to bring it up to code. John Link made reference to attachment 8 and said that all of the projects that are not colored in yellow are still subject to the Board's final discussion and approval. End of slide presentation Commissioner Carey said that the affordable housing groups are maxed out in terms of what they can construct in the next few years, but the policy was changed to allow for land banking. He asked if this schedule allows them some flexibility to respond to opportunities far land banking and Donna Dean said that she would check with Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes. Chair Jacobs said that the Board set a limit on how much money could go into land banking. Commissioner Brown made reference to a discussion a while back about doing projections of the amount of money the County has lost over the years from various sources. She would like to see this out five years to see if the trends continue. Jahn Link said that this is part of stage 2 in the November work session. Discussion ensued on start-up casts.