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18 1 Commissioner Rich said everyone had received an email from Margaret Cannell who 2 has been working on Hogg Day for years. She said it would not be a good idea to have 3 something in the spring that would be too close to Hogg Day. She does not want to invade on 4 this event or stress the amount of people that would attend either event. 5 Commissioner Gordon said her concern has to do with the venue. She said Blackwood 6 Farm is not in the CIP until years 6-10, and there have already been discussions about current 7 debt capacity. She is concerned that this venue does not have any infrastructure at this point. 8 Commissioner Price said she has gotten feedback, and residents are excited about the 9 opportunity to bring people together around one countywide event. She said it would be great 10 for people in the northern part of the County. She said there were people who came to the 11 meetings feeling very skeptical about the fair who were contributing ideas by the end of the 12 meeting. She said the community building aspect is central. 13 She said one of the positive aspects of having it at Blackwood Farm is the opportunity to 14 put the farm to use and to show off one of their County assets. 15 16 Chair Jacobs summarized that there is some support for moving ahead, but the 17 following questions and issues need to be addressed: 18 • Hear feedback from Visitors Bureau 19 • Explore the opportunity to partner with another event 20 • Use of an event planner needs to be nailed down ( He feels this position is 21 underestimated) 22 0 Address the venue issue and how to invest in Blackwood Farm 23 • Costs need to be made clearer 24 • Timing 25 26 He suggested that it is not yet time to appoint a working group, since the majority of the 27 Board is not committed yet. He said the next step would be to get more details on the finances 28 and timing. 29 Commissioner Dorosin said the reason the information was not more detailed was 30 because the group wanted the Board of County Commissioners' input before moving ahead too 31 far. 32 Chair Jacobs said the Board needs more information before providing direction. He said 33 the group should go back and respond to the Board's concerns and then a decision can be 34 made about whether to move forward. 35 Michael Talbert asked if there are any more questions that need to be answered. He 36 said he did not hear any consensus on whether the Board really wanted to have a fair. 37 Chair Jacobs said he would like to know more about the survey results. He asked what 38 would be done with this information and how it could be incorporated into the decision making 39 process. 40 Commissioner Price said the group decided not to present this as a done deal. She 41 said various ideas have been fleshed out, including the idea a fair should run for at least three 42 days. She said this would especially be required to attract midway rides. She said these types 43 of discussions have been had, but the group did not want to dictate these decisions to the 44 Board, without feedback first. 45 Chair Jacobs said he feels the Board has given responses and posed some questions 46 and concerns that need to be addressed. 47 Commissioner Pelissier said if infrastructure is put in for a fair at Blackwood Farm she is 48 concerned about how this would affect the park in the long run.