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38 1 Chair Jacobs said there has been a fair amount of discussion over the years about 2 whether or not the visitor's bureau is in the best location. He would like to see this discussed. 3 He compared this to the discussion of the Skill's Development Center, and it's effectiveness 4 since the relocation of Durham Tech. He would like for there to be some conversation about 5 this. 6 Chair Jacobs referred to the section on aging and noted the emphasis on Southern 7 Campus planning. He said he has heard there is just as much stress on the Central Orange 8 Senior Center as there is on the Seymour Center. He wants to make sure both of these are 9 considered. 10 Wayne Fenton said both locations will be included. 11 Commissioner Gordon asked about the needs addressed within the proposed FY 2014- 12 19 CIP for parks operation. She asked if this is related to the 5 year plan that includes the 13 Revere Road campus. She said all that remains are the recreation space needs in Whitted. 14 Wayne Fenton said the previous discussion on the Whitted facility was regarding the 15 fact that there will be unassigned space after the development of the Board's meeting rooms. 16 He said there was some discussion with the Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and 17 Recreation (DEAPR) staff about the opportunity of using some of that space. He said DEAPR 18 staff had proposed moving some of their office staff from the Central Recreation facility to free 19 up space at that facility, rather than having programming in both buildings. 20 Commissioner Gordon said she wanted to make sure the dental was included in the 21 personal health and dental, and that the recent numbers requested by Chair Jacobs for the 22 dental service were considered. 23 Commissioner Gordon asked for clarification regarding the reference to a potential Skills 24 Development Center. 25 Wayne Fenton said attachment 2 was intended to identify the current location of 26 departmental space and where departments have recently moved to and from. He said the 27 idea was to identify everywhere that each department has had a presence. 28 Commissioner Gordon said the Skills Development Center is located advantageously for 29 the census track that has the lowest income. She didn't know what it meant to consider it for 30 Southern Campus planning. 31 Wayne Fenton said the reference to Southern Campus was just related to whether or 32 not there may be any need to expand to this site in the future. 33 Michael Talbert said staff is planning for the next 25 years for the southern campus and 34 this is just one opportunity being explored. 35 Chair Jacobs said the Board appropriated $25,000 to look at the possibility of opening a 36 health center for County staff. He said presumably the space needs study could consider the 37 best site for that as well. 38 39 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Rich to 40 approve the establishment of a Work Group and charge to provide recommendations regarding 41 on-going facilities planning and space utilization, and directed staff to give an interim report by 42 September/October 2014 and a draft plan by March 2015. 43 44 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 45 46 A motion was made by Commissioner Rich to nominate Commissioner McKee to serve 47 on this work group and Commissioner Price volunteered. 48 49 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 50