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County Manager— Bonnie Hammersley <br /> In the interest of time the County Manager will bring her presentation to a future BOCC work <br /> session. <br /> Team Buildinq Exercises (DSI Comedy Club) <br /> Zach Ward from the DSI Comedy Club facilitated a relationship building process with <br /> Commissioners and Department Directors. Everyone in the audience was invited to observe this <br /> session but they had the option to leave until lunch is over and return when the BOCC's Retreat <br /> resumed. <br /> Fundinq Oranqe County School and County Capital Proiects? <br /> This session opened with a detailed presentation by staff about the two options for funding school <br /> and capital projects: Bond Referendum or Using the Existing Tax Rate. Paul Laughton used the <br /> following table to make his presentation. <br /> How Should Orange County Fund School and County Capital Projects? <br /> Bond Referendum Fund within Existing Tax Rate <br /> What are the challenges facing this option? What are the challenges facing this option? <br /> ■ Bond referenda are allowed online in even ■ Affordability and Capacity impact <br /> election years for counties (i.e. 2016, 2018, ■ Fiscally sustainable <br /> etc.) ■ Impact on current operations <br /> ■ General Assembly potential actions ■ Advantages and Disadvantages <br /> ■ Affordability and Capacity impact <br /> ■ Voter fatigue in wake of possible Chapel <br /> Hill bond package <br /> ■ Interest rate fluctuations <br /> ■ Impact on current operations <br /> ■ Advantages and Disadvantages <br /> When should the bond referendum happen? <br /> ■ May 2016 or November 2016 <br /> o Staff presents schedule impacts <br /> What process will be followed? What process will be followed? <br /> ■ Overview of the last referendum process as ■ Included in the traditional Capital <br /> well as voting results presented by staff Investment Plan (CIP) process <br /> o Determine process parameters for o Determine process parameters for <br /> funding eligibility funding eligibility <br /> o Cost in ad dollars and time to promote o Community Input during the Budget <br /> previously Public Hearings <br /> Will there be a Bond Referendum Advisory <br /> Committee? If yes: <br /> ■ Composition <br /> ■ Appointment process for Advisory <br /> Committee members <br /> ■ Process for interest groups to request <br /> funds <br /> ■ Community Input <br /> ■ Public outreach responsibility <br /> Board of Orange County Commissioners Board of Orange County Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) capital projects? (BOCC) capital projects? <br /> ■ List priorities ■ List priorities (same or different with bond) <br />