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29 Potential Templates (Attachment a and b) 1 Review the two templates, offering feedback and guidance, additional ideas 2 Convey feedback and other direction to the Commission for the Environment for use in creating 3 recommendation to the BOCC 4 5 Recommendation 6 7 Commissioner Marcoplos said as soon as he suggested this addition, he was 8 overwhelmed by the complexities of it. He said he appreciates staff’s efforts. He said the social 9 and financial goals always seem philosophical to him, whereas the more specific information 10 that would come out of the table would be more useful and more educational for the both the 11 BOCC and the public. He likes the idea of running it by the Commission for the Environment 12 (CfE). He said he would add another category under environmental, which would be something 13 like “impact on energy usage/carbon footprint”. He said he likes the other four categories, and 14 this looks like it would work. 15 Commissioner Jacobs said he felt just the opposite, and he would like it to be as simple 16 as possible, and a minimal burden on staff. He said running it by another advisory board is an 17 onerous process. He said the Planning Board would also likely want to weigh in, which will 18 cause delays and staff will resent and dread it. He said in terms of practicality it does not work 19 as well as the other two goals on the abstract, and he said a simple version would be best with 20 larger items being fleshed out as regular agenda items. 21 Commissioner Marcoplos said he agreed, and he thought that the CfE would only look at 22 the template one time to provide input on its creation, not so that every issue would be run 23 through the CfE. 24 David Stancil said staff would forward the idea to the CfE for initial input, but would not 25 be reviewing every abstract. 26 Commissioner Marcoplos said this would be quick and dirty, but more or less accurate. 27 Commissioner McKee said he would be in favor of a simple statement, like the other two 28 goals, but anything else is layering on extra work for staff. He said there is a perception that 29 Orange County is anti-business, and he said this Board has worked hard to reduce this 30 perception. He said he is concerned that if the Board gets too involved in laying out specific 31 parameters, it will be interpreted as specific regulations in the making, thus reinforcing the anti-32 business perception. 33 Commissioner Marcoplos said it may be that it does not end up being a little introduction 34 at the beginning, and over time it may end up being applied within the greater analysis of any 35 issue. He said there are things related to the environment, which the Board should know about 36 on any issue that comes before the Board, e.g.: what is the effect on waste reduction/energy 37 use, etc. 38 Commissioner McKee said it is information to which the Board already has access, and 39 this would add another level of work on staff on every abstract. 40 Commissioner Marcoplos said what if the Board wanted to know the energy use of the 41 new jail. 42 Commissioner McKee said to simply ask staff to provide that information. 43 Commissioner Marcoplos said there should be a short list of environmental information 44 that the Board should want, and have, on every project without having to ask. 45 Commissioner McKee said he thinks staff is already doing this. 46 Commissioner Rich said the issue is that this information could already be in abstract up 47 front, as opposed to having to ask the questions during a presentation. 48 Commissioner McKee said a lot of the projects already have this information included, 49 and this simply seems like more work for staff without a defined reason for the work. 50