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25 <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee clarified that, other than the purchase of the property, and the <br />intent to move forward with the detention center, nothing is set in concrete with this vote. <br />Bonnie Hammersley said she cannot answer that right now, because of the economics <br />that make this project work. <br />Jeff Thompson said last year, the options for the agricultural center were reviewed, and <br />the BOCC gave direction to go into the Cornelius Road corridor, and the dollars for that are <br />already appropriated in the CIP. He said the BOCC indicated a desire to repurpose the <br />Revere Road site, and pursue a greenfield option in the Cornelius Road corridor. <br />Commissioner McKee said he was opposed to those decisions as well. <br />Jeff Thompson said the important point is that the money is already appropriated for <br />the greenfield site for the Agricultural Center. <br /> <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Marcoplos, seconded by Commissioner Rich for <br />the Board to: <br />1) Authorize the Manager to proceed with the acquisition of approximately 21 acres <br />located with the Hillsborough Highway 70/Cornelius Street corridor known as the “Hwy <br />70 Site Assembly” for the development of the Orange County Northern Campus site that <br />addresses multiple County Capital Investment Plan initiatives; and <br />2) Authorize the Manager to sign the necessary documents for closing the transaction <br />upon final review of the County Attorney. <br /> <br />Commissioner McKee said he will vote for this motion, but he will continue to try and <br />find a way to delay these other projects, due to budget constraints. <br /> <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> <br />c. Framework for 2018 Orange County Economic Development Summit <br />The Board considered voting to approve and authorize staff to proceed with a <br />framework option allowing staff time to plan the event and to hire any outside <br />consultants/planners needed; and to identify one or more of the topics to be discussed in <br />conjunction with the selected option. <br /> <br />Todd McGee, Communications Director, reviewed the following information: <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Board of County Commissioners appropriated $30,000 in the FY 2017-18 budget from the <br />Article 46 sales tax to host an Economic Development Summit. Staff solicited potential topics <br />from the BOCC in February and has developed three options based around that feedback. <br /> <br />Option 1: Summit on the Hill <br />In conjunction with WCHL radio (1360 AM and 97.9 FM), this would be a live discussion about <br />the County’s economic development efforts focused up to four areas. The program would be <br />broadcast live on WCHL on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, from 3-7 p.m. during the drive-time <br />hours, which would provide maximum audience. The radio station’s programming is also live- <br />streamed via its website, which would make it accessible to people throughout Orange County. <br /> <br />One hour of programming would be devoted to each of four topics (a different topic each hour) <br />with unique panels of experts, including members of the Board of Commissioners and local <br />stakeholders, to discuss and respond to questions from listeners. All the programming would