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Commissioner McKee clarified that the budget is $250,000 for deconstruction and abatement and Jeff Thompson said yes. Commissioner McKee was asked about the availability of local firms bidding on this project construction and he wanted to be very clear that the spirit of the law will be followed on making this project available to any qualified contracting firms. Chair Jacobs pointed out that state law prohibits discrimination. Frank Clifton said that there will be general contractors who may not be local but will hire local subcontractors for some of the work. Commissioner Price asked about minority contractor firms. Chair Jacobs said this is covered in the state laws. He said that efforts have been made in the past to give priority to local or minority contractors and this is constrained by state law. 2. County Commissioners: Boards and Commissions —Annual Work Plans/Reports • Parks and Recreation Council (PARC) - Neal Bench, Chair and Dave Stancil, Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) Director Neal Bench expressed appreciation for the invitation to speak, and he thanked the Board of County Commissioners for serving the county. He said there is a lot of diversity on the PARC board, and the members are thankful for their appointments. He said DEAPR has had the pleasure to work with all of the current Parks and Recreation staff members, and there have been several joint meetings and information sessions as part of putting together a PARC Master Plan. He thanked the outgoing PARC Chairs. He said some of the goals of the council are: to assist with the creation of the updated master plan for parks and recreation; to assist with surveys; to attend information sessions; and to lend their thoughts to various issues. He said, with regard to the outside agency funding applications, the current council would like for the county to look at the scoring system, relative to any outside agency that has not done prior business with the council. He said that it appears that first time agencies are at a slight disadvantage in the scoring process compared to agencies that have done prior business with the county. He feels this may cause the county to lose out on opportunities to use some very good agencies. Commissioner Price asked if the council is moving forward favorably with the Mountains to Sea Trail. Mr. Bench said there have been favorable opinions expressed about this and he hopes that the County will come to a conclusion as to the minimal affectation to private property. Commissioner Pelissier asked about the item regarding communication with schools about recreational use of school facilities. Mr. Bench said the council is favorable to recreational opportunities for joint use of facilities. He said that there was a letter of understanding generated with the school system, that facilities should be available for use to the maximum. He said this is with an understanding that the schools, especially high schools, use the facilities extensively; and there will be times when the fields are available but can be damaged by too much use. He said the question of whether school principals and administrators are on board is still being worked on, and there is some forward progress. Commissioner Gordon said that in the Intergovernmental Parks Work Group, this policy discussion with the school boards has been revitalized, and there has been substantial forward progress. Commissioner Rich agreed that there has been comprehensive forward movement.