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_'y `~y't^.rr'1~~ Commissioner Gordon agreed with Commissioner Foushee and said that the issue is not just affordable childcare, but quality childcare and that early childhood education is important. Chair Jacobs said that he, Commissioner Halkiotis, John Link, and Economic Development Director Dianne Reid met with the Chapel Hill Chamber yesterday, and they are try, ing to improve their relationship. He said that this could be something that they could aggressively pursue as a partnership. They also attended a planning meeting for the Central Orange Senior Center, and the management of the Sportsplex was talking about daycare. This is another opportunity, Chair Jacobs asked if there was any interest in looking at facilities. He made reference to Durham Tech and said that they did not talk about having any kind of child care facility. There will be parents that will be attending Durham Tech, and maybe it would be good to include childcare in County facilities such as court or community college facilities. He said that as they think of capital projects, they need to examine if childcare should be included. Gwen Harvey said that they would come back with a proposed charge and composition of this task force and then have the Board confirm it. John Link said that it would be a good idea to keep some quantitative measures in front of everyone during this process, especially if they are asking the public to get involved. He said that there is a notorious waiting list for daycare placement at DSS and Child Care Services, He said that it is a good idea to talk about public buildings having daycare centers. A five-star daycare center has a rigid set of criteria, and this needs to be discussed thoroughly. Chair Jacobs said that UNC wants to constitute another advisory group about Carolina North, and this would be a good opportunity to introduce the idea of incorporating child care at least for the people who work and live at the site. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the list of employers in Orange County that provide some semblance of childcare assistance to their employees. He would like to see this list, The County Commissioners also asked for the list of employers that employ beneficiaries of the substantive program, 1. Follow-up from BOCC Retreat a) Goals and Objectives b) BOCC Priorities Chair Jacobs said that they had previously discussed talking about items that the County Commissioners wanted to discuss and skipping over those that they did not want to discuss.. Commissioner Gordon asked what they wanted to have accomplished tonight. Chair Jacobs said that there was some of the County Commissioners that had goals they had not seen in a while and they wanted them updated. The desired outcome is to have some clarity of how they relate to what is going on now and beyond. Commissioner Gordon said that she is not sure what to do with all of these goals because some dates are in the past and she is not sure what they are going to do tonight.. She said that it would be difficult to discuss without updated timelines. She suggested flagging goals that they would Tike to update. John Link said that the staff provided the Board with one page of updated information with the accomplishments since 2002. Commissioner Gordon said that between now and the budget, they need to look at the Board of County Commissioners' priorities. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he looked at the goals and objectives as a historical document of what the Board of County Commissioners has put together, along with promptings from various boards and commissions.