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17 1 She agreed that there should be a defined group who can be given a charge. She said that this will 2 not prevent others from giving feedback into the group discussion. 3 Commissioner McKee said the moment the sign-up sheet for input was laid out, a formal group was 4 established. He said it is worrisome to see the proposed expansion costs. His main concern is that a very 5 expensive structure will be built that won't provide any services, which is not the point. He said the services 6 that will be available are important, as is the historical significance of the facility. He said one way to kill a 7 project is to make it too expensive 8 Commissioner Rich said it would be nice to see budget figures on some proposed services such as 9 a library, Cybrary and others. 10 Jeff Thompson said as part of the preliminary plan process, this can be vetted out and brought back 11 in the fall. 12 Chair Jacobs said this is a circular argument. He said that investigating more possibilities creates 13 more expenditure. He said the cost of looking at the three proposed alternative uses is $40,000' versus the 14 $168,000 for the other consulting. He feels this is a comparatively small additional cost. 15 Chair Jacobs said the community simply wanted a library/Cybrary, and a community resource; and it 16 was someone else who brought up all these other services. He said this is not about duplicating other 17 service models. He said the main reason, other than safety issues, that staff recommended closing the old 18 library was because it cost $125,000 to heat/cool that one room. He said the people criticizing the board for 19 spending money should know that the library was closed to save money. He summarized that the Board 20 wants a formal structure, scope of services, charge, time, and specific membership, with background 21 information presented at the next meeting. 22 Commissioner Gordon said there should be a formal group established and nothing should be done 23 between now and 1 gtn. 24 Commissioner porosin asked what is going to come back on the 18th if there are no meetings 25 between now and then. 26 Commissioner Gordon said the formal charge, timeline, structure and the membership list will be 27 established. She said none of this exists now, so this information should come back on June 1gtn 28 Commissioner Price asked when the community will have input. 29 Commissioner porosin said there have already been community meetings. 30 Commissioner Price said more are needed and this needs to move forward with community input. 31 Chair Jacobs said there is still an issue with understanding what the community said and staff will 32 bring back these notes on June 1 gtn 33 Frank Clifton said there were several community meetings with Commissioners participating in 34 them. He said a variety of issues were discussed, including services. He mentioned the overriding issue of 35 the septic system and reviewed engineering issues that limit expansion. He said many of the decisions are 36 not staff driven and these issues and the discussion points can be presented at the next meeting. 37 Chair Jacobs said the Board wants background information, including a review of past public 38 comments; formal structure; timeline; cost; membership; and scope of services within the current septic 39 limitations. 40 This was agreed to by Board Consensus. 41 Chair Jacobs said the discussion group is open to general public and interested parties should sign 42 up. 43 44 45 46 b. Unified Animal Control Ordinance 47 The Board considered amending the Orange County Animal Control Ordinance to make it a Unified 48 Animal Control Ordinance. 49 Bob Marotto introduced himself and Annette Moore, staff attorney. He said this is an amendment to 50 set the basis for a more unified animal control ordinance' and the backbone is the existing county 51 ordinance. He said this effort has involved staff from Carrboro and Chapel Hill Animal Control, as well as 52 the town manager, the police chief of Hillsborough and the Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB). He 53 said staff inet with the ASAB three times this year in developing the ordinance being presented tonight.