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flexible development before he could answer the question. Bell said he would try to get a one or two page summary out to the group to give them a better understanding of the proposal. He also mentioned the impact fees study underway this summer, the purpose of which is to derive better data on student generation rates per household for input into impact assessments for new residential construction. He stated that once the study is completed, staff can run "new" numbers on the fiscal impacts of the various development alternatives. He concluded his comments by stating that the meeting schedule would remain on the third Thursday. Lee Rafalow asked if keeping meetings on the third Thursday would preclude Commissioner Don Willhoit from attending. Bell stated that the Landfill Owner's Group (LOG) of which Commissioner Willhoit is also a member had only scheduled its meetings through June. He stated that Commissioner Willhoit had indicated that he was going to try to get the LOG to schedule its meetings on a different night in the upcoming fiscal year. MINUTES: There were no comments; the minutes were accepted as presented. AGENDA ITEM 5 - DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY VISION: versa Insko stated that the goal was to develop a community vision and the group needed to agree on how to do it. She suggested the group begin with an environmental scan referring to previously supplied information on population trends, environmental constraints and opportunities, and land use and development patterns. Elio Soldi mentioned that the group had received this information previously and now was the time to begin sorting through and trying to understand it. He; didn't think too much time should be spent reiterating what the group had already seen. Insko stated that this didn't have to be done in any particular order and that the group may want to begin by each person taking a few minutes to verbalize their vision for the area and staff could begin recording the ideas. Ideas could be very general or quite specific and the conversation would be open- ended. Gene Bell mentioned that he and Verla Insko had met on Monday morning to discuss ideas for the meeting and that she had mentioned what he thought was a very good idea. This was to ask the Planning Group, "If you could wave a magic wand and have the area develop as you would like to see it in the next 15 to 20 years, what would it be like ?" He suggested that each group member give their thoughts and that Emily would record them on a flip chart, the pages of which would be posted on the wall. He said that after each person had had a chance to give their "vision," the group could begin reviewing the ideas and looking for common themes and hopefully working toward consensus on some items. The group was receptive to this suggestion. 2