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Retreat Item - Monitoring and Evaluation of County's Goals <br /> used proceeds or tax <br /> credit savings to <br /> reinvest in their farm <br /> infrastructure. <br /> • Voluntary Agricultural <br /> District program has <br /> also enrolled 73 farms <br /> and almost 11,000 <br /> acres in farmland <br /> conservation. <br /> DEVELOP PLAN FOR RESIDENTS AND • Greenhouse Gas • Participation in Interlocal <br /> FARMERS AND BUSINESSES TO Emissions inventory Clean Energy Working <br /> PREPARE FOR AND ADJUST TO EFFECTS and forecast Group, looking at solar and <br /> OF CLIMATE CHANGE (1 VOTE) completed. other initiatives. <br /> Goal 6:Ensure a high quality of life and lifelong learning that champions diversity, education <br /> at all levels, libraries,parks, recreation, and animal welfare. (Each Commissioner was allotted <br /> two votes for the priorities related to this goal) <br /> Policy Priority Accomplishments Pending Initiatives <br /> EDUCATION:AT-RISK CHILDREN (5 <br /> votes) • Initiated study <br /> • Increase support to expand pre- committee on Pre-K <br /> kindergarten services programming <br /> • Continue to close the achievement <br /> gaps and end the school to prison <br /> pipeline. <br /> CONNECT STUDENTS TO COMMUNITY • Funded Durham • Review scholarship <br /> COLLEGES(4 VOTES) Tech scholarship eligibility criteria; <br /> program potentially expand to <br /> • Created DSS include more than <br /> Navigator position recent high school <br /> to connect training graduates <br /> needs with Durham <br /> Tech courses <br /> MOVE TOWARD A JOINT EFFORT WITH <br /> TOWNS ON PARKS AND TRAILS <br /> DEVELOPMENT(2 VOTES) <br /> INCREASE COLLABORATION BETWEEN • School participation <br /> SCHOOL DISTRICTS (1 VOTE) in five year financial <br />