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30 Commissioner Rich said the work to gather the information is already being done, and 1 the question is how does it match up with the environmental goal that may be added to the 2 abstract. 3 Commissioner McKee asked if there is a reason to have it as a written goal. He said 4 there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Orange County is environmentally conscious, and he 5 wonders what they are trying to accomplish. 6 Commissioner Rich said the public is asking for this, and the County has values, which 7 should be at the forefront of all that it does. 8 Commissioner McKee said Orange County had a reputation of being anti-business. 9 Commissioner Rich said she does not want to debate that issue, but if the County has 10 values of being environmentally conscious, it should promote this at the forefront and keep it in 11 mind with all goals. 12 Commissioner McKee said Commissioner Jacobs’ suggestion accomplishes that. 13 Commissioner Jacobs said it will be just like the other goals, and it seemed like 14 everyone is in accord with the short statement being added. He said he misunderstood the role 15 of the CfE. 16 Commissioner McKee asked if there is purpose to the tabular format. 17 Chair Dorosin said the current format of the social justice goal is not useful, and it would 18 be more useful to have a short statement of why/how a particular item impacts the social justice 19 goal. He said he would think the same would be true of the environmental justice goal. He said 20 to put the three statements (financial, social, and environmental) on the front page, since many 21 times that is all people read. 22 Chair Dorosin said he understands the argument for not creating more work on staff. 23 Travis Myren said staff would be concerned about going through multiple projects, and 24 trying to quantify every aspect as pertains to goals; but a simple, general statement would be 25 fine. 26 Commissioner McKee said it reeks of patting themselves on the back. 27 Commissioner Marcoplos said if in the course of putting the agenda, it would be helpful 28 to include a few factoids to give public something to chew on. 29 Travis Myren said some projects would be more conducive to doing that than others. 30 Chair Dorosin said more complex items could be detailed during 31 presentations/discussions. 32 Commissioner Price said she does not review the social justice statements, and would 33 prefer to see the impact of different projects, both positive and negative. 34 David Stancil said staff will take the Board comments and suggestions to the 35 Commissioner for the Environment, and bring a proposed template at some future date. 36 37 Commissioner Marcoplos said he wanted to talk about the ground rules for Board of 38 County Commissioners, and how the Board members choose which boards on which they want 39 to serve in the coming year. He asked if there are specific rules laid out for the process, and he 40 thought there was. 41 Donna Baker said the Board made and adopted some changes to the process last year. 42 She said it is a short policy, which she can forward to the full Board. She said it would be a part 43 of the packet for the last meeting in December, and the boards and commissions will be chosen 44 that night as a part of a regular meeting. 45 Chair Dorosin summarized the process: each Commissioner gets one save only; each 46 Commissioner can serve two 1-year terms on intra-County boards, and four 1-year terms on an 47 intergovernmental board. He said this practice was not retroactive. 48 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if a Commissioner has served one year on a board, and 49 wishes to remain on it for a second year, would this be the Commissioner’s one save. 50 Chair Dorosin said yes, this would be the one save. 51