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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 31, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. T <br />SUBJECT: Follow -up from BOCC Retreat — Goals and Objectives and BOCC Priorities <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />2002 Commissioner Goals (Previously <br />Provided in separate cover notebook <br />for January 20 BOCC Retreat — <br />Attachment 4c) <br />Table — Commissioners' Short Term <br />Priorities (Previously Provided in <br />January 20 BOCC Retreat Notebook <br />— Attachment 4a) <br />Templates for Commissioners' Priorities <br />(Previously Provided in January 20 <br />BOCC Retreat Notebook — <br />Attachments 4b -1 through 4b -43) <br />Attachment 1 — Draft Summary of Staff <br />Notations of, BOCC Comments at the <br />Retreat regarding the Short -Term <br />Priorities <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, 245 -2300 <br />Rod Visser, 245 -2300 <br />REMINDER NOTE: BOARD MEMBERS, STAFF, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WILL <br />WANT TO BRING THE TWO NOTEBOOKS FROM THE JANUARY 20, 2006 BOCC <br />RETREAT TO THE JANUARY 31 WORK SESSION. <br />PURPOSE: To provide an opportunity for the Board to continue discussions that began at the <br />January 20, 2006 BOCC Retreat regarding the Board of Commissioners' goals and objectives, <br />priorities, and potential priorities. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January 20, 2006 BOCC Retreat, the Board began a process to: <br />• clarify and check progress on the current short -term priorities; <br />• consider how previously established goals and objectives might shape the <br />approach to accomplishing BOCC priorities for the upcoming year; <br />• identify any new ideas that individual Commissioners may propose for <br />consideration along with potential priorities that were identified in November <br />2005; and <br />• be mindful in so doing of what the BOCC and staff can handle "on the plate" at <br />any one time. <br />