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Park, which was a campaign promise of then-Commissioner Foushee when she ran for office in 2004. He said the County owns a portion of the Greene Tract that was set aside as a natural area, and he never saw it mentioned in any of their plans. He thought this should fit into their plans somewhere. Commissioner Jacobs said the issue of schools is also a complicated issue, partially because of issues regarding sharing facilities. He said this is a debate that has been on-going since he has been a Commissioner. He said the person making the decision is usually the Athletic Director at the school. He said a better mechanism is needed to make facilities more accessible, even if this means the County puts in extra money to help administer the use. He said it is also important to be sensitive to the needs of the schools. Commissioner Dorosin said he thought they needed to coordinate with the schools in trying to provide for recreation. He said he thinks it is great to get input from the school systems to incorporate in the plan. Commissioner Dorosin said he thought the priorities should be developing the parks the County already has, rather than acquiring new ones. He said the priority should be in turning gifts (public resources which belong to the people) into something the public can access and utilize. He said the first priority should be updating the plans that are in place for these parks, or finalizing them and then implementing them. David Stancil said that in a way there is a default priority system, and that is the timing and sequencing in the CIP. He said these are projects in the CIP, and they are scheduled and staggered in different ways. Commissioner Gordon said that she is not sure that this report meshes with the CIP and she questioned whether the Board should be looking at their CIP regarding phasing in the existing land that the County owns. She said it is important to reassess based on some of the feedback. David Stancil said the report does mesh and should mesh with the adopted CIP pretty well. He said there is not a sequence in the plan, although there is a sequence to the way it is laid out in the CIP. He said one of staff’s expectations is that this document will give the Board a framework as they look at the CIP later this spring to make some of those decisions. Chair Jacobs said what he has heard that the Commissioners need more information on the following:  Socio-economic data on usage  subsidies  Deadline for comments about priorities  Coordinating and soliciting comments from the school system as to what they regard as priorities  information about how the plan meshes with the CIP  payment in lieu of consultant. He suggested that staff let the Board review a draft of at least the executive summary and the responses to the Commissioners’ concerns, even if it is an informational item, before it goes to public hearing so that they have a sense of what direction they are going. David Stancil suggested submitting Board comments back to him no later than March rd 3. 3. Tower Study Clarence Grier said there have been coverage issues in the past. He noted that there is $2.5 million in the CIP through 2019 for these towers.