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partner, and this company will provide any kind of loan that the County is interested in and a cash donation in the tens of thousands of dollars. Commissioner Gordon asked about the maximum amount of the donation and Lori Taft said that it would not be in the hundreds of thousands, but they did not give a figure. Lori Taft believes the amount will be something less than $100,000. This was a verbal commitment. Commissioner Halkiatis asked how much it would cast for one field of Astroturf and it was answered $600,000-$1 million and the life expectancy is at least 15-20 years. Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to start building two fields as soon as possible with the $730,000 and consider the rest of the project later. Chair Jacobs asked far an explanation of the cost effectiveness of building now versus building it all at once. Lori Taft said that there may be some economies of scale lost, but a lot has been gained to date with this concept and the pre-grading that was done in conjunction with the school project. She said that overall it would cost more to put the fields in two phases. Chair Jacobs asked for information on the numbers to build two fields now and four later versus doing it all at once. Commissioner Halkiotis said that, from past experience, it would cost as much to put in new fencing as it would be to take down old and reinstall it. He would like an entire cost for two phases versus the entire project at once. He would like to leave this project in. Chair Jacobs asked about an approximate timeframe for the numbers and Lori Taft said that she will bring this back on October 3rd Chair Jacobs asked Rod Visser to contact the OCS Superintendent to clean up the litter at the school site. A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve the 7% annual growth rate to replace the 9% rate. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 2. County Priorities Rad Visser said that this continues the discussion the Board had last fall and at the retreat where the Board identified County priorities. At the retreat, they introduced goals from 2002 and when they added all of them together they totaled about 70 issues. As was discussed, the staff is suggesting to the Board to discuss priorities with a smaller number and the staff can come back with a plan for each goal. They are trying to re- instill some of the discipline of the goals process. They are asking the Board to reinstitute the written goals and priorities. Chair Jacobs made reference to priority #2, "Continuation of the process for updating the County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan and Related Element." In the abstract, and overall as a goal, this would be one of the top priorities. He said that, in the next few months, there is very little that the Board will actually do other than give direction to the Planning Board to work out a process and then to proceed. On his notes, he associated with it the Hillsborough Strategic Growth Plan, the planning for the economic development districts, and the refinement of the Efland-Mebane Work Group Project. If they get to the retreat, he would say that one of the highest goals for the next year would be the land use plan update. For the next few months, there are more specific things that he sees as priorities that are in the same vein as land use planning. Rod Visser said that he does see staff involved in this goal. And because staff support will be needed far the Planning Board to move this along, he would be concerned about making sure that the Planning staff does not fall behind on this.