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OD pages 3-1G and 17' there kS almost nothing about toU[isOl. vvhioh $137OliUioOa year in revenues and $1OnliUioDintaxes. �seernsafeidxs' nificant component of economic development and we might want to pay more attention to tourism. On page 3-19, we're talking about industrial sites, in general, we mention public transportation, but we don't really come back to it in some of these other office facilities or industrial sites. You were listing all of these elements of a good highway with a rail access, but public transportation isn't necessarily realized. For industrial sites, E[}-2.7. If you look at ED-2.6 and ED-2.7. 6 doesn't mention public transportation at all, 7 mentions rail access, water and sewer, and highway, but it doesn't really mention public transit. It seems like we should stipulate this. ED-2.11, "Establish adequate information networks throughout the towns and County" as long- term, but later on in another chapter it's short term. It should be short-term. Instead of getting into whether it's long-term, medium-term, or short-term, I'm open to discussion, but some Planning Board members pointed out to me after the public hearing that they didn't necessarily think this was very useful. If there are words that are conflicting, then someone should check and make sure that they all have the same term. I think that ED-2.11 should be short-term, because having adequate information that works is highly important for economic development. Unless you mean ongoing, in which case, it should be at the top instead of at the bottom. Commissioner Carey: Are you saying these term indications weren't the results of Planning Board discussion, but it was the staff? Jay Bryan: As I recall, we had discussion about whether or not they were useful and also about, as I recall, maybe there could be an appendix where you might have what, at this time, appears to be some ranking. But if you change these then you change the whole document. Renee Price: These aren't considered the fiscal aspects and we don't know when certain objectives can get funded. Tom Altieri: I think some of the thought proces that went into giving some timing component or schedule component to each of the objectives had to do with the advisory boards coming to the Commissioners on an annual basis. If they're asked to review this document each year with the goals and objectives, and then come to you with some ideas on which objective they'd like to pursue for that given year that would give them some direction as to which ones to look at first. There are well over 150 objectives to choose from. Commissioner Carey: The intent was to give the advisory boards an indication of what their work priority should be. Chair Jacobs: Of course, if you're the Economic Development Commission, you have your set of objectives. If there is no position, it may say that it's short term, but if there is no position to accomplish it, then what's the point. In a few years from now, we may decide to go in a different direction. So, I just have a question about institutionalizing this Comprehensive Plan. You're talking about more of how the advisory boards will handle it in the future. They couldn't get this plan with whoever's take this is on the timeframe. Commissioner Carey: It is conceivable that it doesn't have to be in the Comprehensive Plan in order for them to get the message. It could be in the appendices.