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Chair Jacobs thanked the HRC for all the work that was done. He said that when this started, the Board did not envision how complex, broad, and unusual this was going to be. 4. Specific Social Justice Goal Issues/Questions from HRC and BOCC Clarification of Scope: Should the HRC . . . social justice, or should we continue to do a broad-based analysis? What further research would the BOCC like from the HRC on this issue? Commissioner Nelson said that as he was reading through this he noticed how broad it was. He said that some of the action items are outside of the County's scope. He would like to redraft this and take out the items that are outside of the County's scope. He said that at least one thing has already been done —same-day voter registration. He said that the County Commissioners do a better job when the goals are focused and have a clear path. Carolyn Ikenberry said that the HRC decided not to filter comments from citizens and just put down everything that residents said. Commissioner Carey said that the point might be to put action items in categories to help focus the attention of the BOCC. He suggested keeping all of the comments in, but just categorizing them for focus. Commissioner Foushee agreed and said that it is good to see the comments. She said that the Board should focus on the actions that it can implement and then find out the budget implications. She thinks that this is an excellent document. Commissioner Carey made reference to one of the items under "other" related to diversifying revenues of Orange County, and said that this one does not have a price tag, but the HRC can help the County achieve this by helping to pass one of the local revenue options. Barbara Chapman said that there will have to be more meetings in order to whittle this report down because it will be a process of working and then coming back to the BOCC because it knows the current state of the economy, etc. The HRC also does not have the resources to do the budgeting. Commissioner Foushee said that the County Commissioners would not expect the HRC to do budgeting, but the action items need to be more focused. Commissioner Nelson said that the Board has a meeting in April with the legislative delegates and he suggested that the HRC start the editing process and send a letter with a list of the items, and then it could be presented to the delegation. Bill Hendrickson said that the Board has given the HRC the next steps, and they will proceed accordingly. 5. Other Social Justice Goal Topics 6. Next Steps 7. Adjourn The meeting was adjourned at 6:53 PM. Barry Jacobs, Chair Donna S. Baker, CMC Clerk to the Board