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• Ensuring a community network of basic human services and infrastructure that maintains, protects and promotes well- <br />being. Affordable housing is a big part of this goal, from mobile homes to rentals and for sale housing available to <br />residents at all income levels. <br />• Promoting an interactive and transparent system of governance that reflects community values. The commissioners <br />talked specifically about better communication with the public and making the county's website more functional and <br />easier to navigate. <br />• Investing in quality county facilities, a diverse work force, and technology to achieve a high - performing county <br />government. One suggestion was paying all county employees a "housing living wage" — enough so they don't pay more <br />than 30 percent of their income on rent. <br />• Creating, preserving and protecting a natural environment that includes clean water, clean air, wildlife, important <br />natural lands, and sustainable energy for present and future generations. <br />• Ensuring a high quality of life and lifelong learning that champions diversity, education at all levels, libraries, parks, <br />recreation and animal welfare. This goal raised several suggestions, including: <br />-More, strategically located community centers <br />-Free community college for all high- achieving students, perhaps funded from the county's quarter -cent sales tax for <br />education and the economy <br />- Building public support for a $125 million November bond referendum aimed at meeting affordable housing and school <br />repair and renovation needs <br />Tammy Grubb: 919 - 829 -8926, @TammyGrubb <br />Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com / news /local /community /chapel -hill- <br />news /article57727693.html #storylink =cpy <br />