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5 1 Lucinda Munger said she knows the Board has been working with the Cedar 2 Grove Community Center, and this group has coalesced around the idea of a casual 3 sort of an internet café with access to library databases. She also suggested some 4 children's programming, computer classes, and other informational classes. 5 Commissioner McKee said this is a community need. He referred to page 16, 6 focus area 4, item 5, regarding the Chapel Hill library. He noted that this section does 7 not list interoperability or a common library card to be used in both libraries. He said this 8 is and has been a point of contention. 9 Chair Jacobs said he asked about the timeframe for completion of the Cedar 10 Grove Community Center, and it is 6 months prior to Lucinda Munger's projection. He 11 suggested she amend this timeline. 12 Lucinda Munger said these timelines can be adjusted as construction 13 commences. 14 Commissioner Gordon said she was surprised to see this because she thought 15 staff was tasked to develop services in rural Orange County. She said it seems staff 16 has a plan for the Cedar Grove Community Center, but nowhere else in Orange County. 17 She thought the task was for all of Orange County 18 Lucinda Munger said the report was focused on the Northern Human Services 19 Center because it is a county owned facility, and there aren't any other governmental 20 centers staff could plan for at this time. She said that the smaller community centers 21 often cannot offer internet service. She feels this is a good start to offering services in 22 rural Orange County. 23 Commissioner Gordon said she wanted to see the overall plan for Orange 24 County for library services. She said this piecemeal approach is not what she expected. 25 Commissioner Pelissier said she is impressed with this plan, as it addresses the 26 concerns of the Board of County Commissioners and it is comprehensive but flexible. 27 She said the collaboration with elected officials is an excellent idea. She said this 28 reflects staff's forward thinking on library services. 29 Commissioner Gordon said this report is much improved from the last one the 30 Board saw in the spring. She said, when it gets to data collection, the Board does need 31 to see those performance measures in the budget as well as in the plan. She said there 32 need to be more detailed explanations of methods and more concrete examples of 33 metrics. 34 Commissioner Gordon said there is one place where the part-time specialist is 35 discussed and then another section where the full-time communications specialist is 36 discussed. She noted that hiring should be part of the budget process, not part of the 37 plan. She said that her expectation is that the strategic plan should be an overall plan 38 for the County, and then the Public Affairs Office would be in charge of communications, 39 rather than just one position for the library only. She would question hiring a 40 communications specialist for just the library. 41 Commissioner McKee said he agreed with expanding library services throughout 42 Orange County, but he feels there are two issues that raise the Northern Human 43 Services Center high up on the list. He said the first is the proposed tower location at 44 the Walnut Grove solid waste center, which will increase broadband availability. He said 45 the second factor is the location of that center, which is in the center of the northern 46 third of Orange County. He said this is an area that is currently underserved. 47 Commissioner Price agreed with Commissioner McKee. She said the 48 community continues to ask for services to return to that location. She commended 49 what is in the report about the siting of library services in rural northern Orange County, 50 and she commended the entire plan. She said it is obvious that communication is 51 happening, and someone is doing a really good job with that.