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26 1 attachments provide information from the previous bond referendum, and this item is for the 2 Board's discussion. 3 Commissioner McKee said this is starting much earlier than the timeframe allowed for 4 the 2001 referendum. He said this allows time to get this right. 5 Commissioner Price said if a facilitator is hired, it would be good to get someone with 6 experience in dealing with government, and perhaps some familiarity in dealing with bonds. 7 Commissioner Pelissier referred to the last item on page 4, and she asked if the 8 language regarding the Capital Investment Plan implied that anything and everything is on the 9 table for a bond referendum. She said there needs to be a specific focus. She questioned 10 whether there would be a need to look at the entire CIP if only certain things were wanted on 11 the bond referendum. 12 Bonnie Hammersley said if the Board identifies a certain need, in affordable housing for 13 example, and that information is in the CIP, then it will be pretty succinct as to the issue. She 14 said this is how she reads that, and it mirrors the last bond referendum. 15 Commissioner Dorosin questioned why a facilitator is needed. He asked if this could be 16 handled by someone on staff who is familiar with the Board's goals and needs. 17 Bonnie Hammersley said the facilitation of types of projects is always a very important 18 part of the project, and internal facilitation can sometimes be less effective because they know 19 too much about the issue. She said some of the best facilitators do not know the issue well. 20 She said it is a good idea to hire someone who has experience in bond referendums, but not 21 necessarily Orange County bond referendums. She said an objective view is good. She will 22 take the Commissioners comments into consideration moving forward. 23 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the proposed composition of the task force. He said 24 if the school boards appoint members of the school board to sit on the task force, then it will not 25 necessarily just be a group of citizens, as there will be elected people as well. He would 26 suggest that the appointed people should not be elected officials. He thinks that there will be 27 some critique of this process, and the more organic it can be the better. 28 Commissioner Rich asked about the schedule. She questioned when the information 29 will be requested from the schools. She said this is necessary before any discussion can start. 30 Bonnie Hammersley said the information gathering is happening now, and the CIP will 31 include all of this. She said staff has received lists from both school districts. She said these 32 lists are not comparing apples to apples. She said Chapel Hill Carrboro Schools (CHCCS) has 33 included the needs of all schools built prior to 1990, and the list from Orange County Schools 34 (OCS) lists all schools' needs. She said CHCCS has prioritized their list, and OCS is working on 35 this now. She said this information will be in the appendices to the CIP. 36 Commissioner Rich asked where information regarding affordable housing will come 37 from. She asked if this will just include Orange County's information or if it will include the 38 needs of their partners as well. She is just wondering about the information flow. 39 Bonnie Hammersley said the entities were invited to speak at the Capital Needs Task 40 Force for the referendum in 2001, and that is how the information came forward then. 41 Chair McKee said the schedule is just conceptual at this point, and nothing is set in 42 stone. 43 Commissioner Jacobs said in 2001 there were co-chairs who facilitated. He said people 44 with leadership skills can be appointed, or there may just be advisory board members appointed 45 who are noted for facilitating conversations. He said it is more organic to have the group settle 46 out into who is going to facilitate, and then the Board can intervene if there is a problem. 47 Commissioner Jacobs said it is a mistake to take the towns out of the composition. He 48 said it is important to have either an elected official or an appointed person from the towns. He 49 said this will help the process and it will create buy-in.