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40 <br />the context of the Shaping Orange County's Future (SOCF) Task Force <br />Report. The "Goals and Recommendations: Sustainability and Cornmunity- <br />Building" section of the 2000-2001 SOCF Report included "Goal #2: <br />Address Citizen Concerns about Representation in Government" (see <br />Appendix S). This Goal noted the issue of "rural citizen representation on <br />the Board of County Comrissioners" and that the issue of County <br />Commission representation was "unanimously considered by the Task Force <br />as one of the most critical issues for the SOCF initiative to address, For <br />many rural residents who have spoken with the Task Force, it is the np .rnary <br />issue that they feel needs to be addressed." The Goal also included language <br />as follows: "Many residents feel their viewpoints are not represented <br />adequately through the current process for electing County Commissioners. <br />This has led to divisions within the county, Changing the system by which <br />County Comrissioners are elected so that all residents feel they have <br />representation in the government could go a long way toward building <br />community within the county," <br />Under the "Addressing Concerns" portion of this Goal, Recommendation #1 <br />read "Address issue of representation on the Board of County <br />Commissioners" followed by two "Action Strategies". The first "Action <br />