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r ` 4 <br /> a� <br /> Facilitated school collaboration initiative <br /> • Pre- kindergarten facilities/service provision <br /> " Smart growth " criteria for schools and related land uses <br /> CHCCS High School #3 interlocal agreement addenda <br /> OCS Middle School # 3 siting ( and related issues ) <br /> • Middle college program <br /> • Alternative schools <br /> VI . HUMAN SERVICES <br /> • Animal Shelter Operations Task Force — Receive Initial Report on Governance ( mid <br /> March ) ; Address operational improvements and governance issues in 04 - 05 Budget <br /> • Mental Health Reform ( MHR ) — BOCC consideration of critical timelines/divestiture <br /> decisions , synergy/opportunities for County human service departments - as <br /> confirmed / recommended by the OPC MHR Steering Committee and staff <br /> • Human Services Facilities Improvements/ Upgrades — ( Note : These are areas of <br /> interest identified by the Orange County Human Services Management Team . ) <br /> Whiffed Human Services Center : Parking Lot , Bathrooms , window <br /> replacement — Recreation <br /> • Southern Human Services Center : Office Space , Reception Area <br /> " Little House " on Homestead Campus <br /> Northern Human Services Center : Infrastructure improvements , <br /> renovations <br /> • Carrboro Library Work Group — Recommendations by spring regarding " cybrary" and i. <br /> joint use of the McDougle School <br /> • Re - constitution of Library Services Task Force = Long Term Location for Orange <br /> County Library and Heritage ( archival ) Center <br /> • Human Rights & Relations Department — BOCC consideration / re - affirmation of <br /> mission relative to OC Civil Rights Ordinance ( County Attorney' s opinion ) ; Possibility <br /> to re - incorporate ESL as LEP ( Limited English Proficiency) Program <br /> • Cable Franchise — BOCC consideration of formal franchise renewal process and <br /> 2004 Rate Order <br /> • Substandard Rental Housing Task Force — Recommendations from a preliminary <br /> staff work group to be brought back to the Assembly of Governments in the spring <br /> • Child Protective Services ( DSS ) — Statewide reform , multiple - response system , local <br /> implementation and organizational impacts (With upcoming implementation of child <br /> welfare reform , DSS will try to design processes/ programs to address underlying <br /> causes of child abuse and neglect . ) <br /> • Orange Book — Re - emergence/ reconstitution ; collaboration of Clerk' s Office and <br /> County Manager' s Office <br /> • Two capital projects of interest and importance to the Human Services Management <br /> Team include Senior Center Replacements ( Southern and Northern /Central ) and the <br /> Animal Shelter Relocation . <br /> • Community Transportation Improvement Plan ( CTIP ) — Completion , BOCC <br /> consideration and adoption by spring 2004 ; Policy decisions regarding regionalism <br /> and organizational placement <br /> • County Facility Use Fees/ Charges — BOCC Adoption ( Parks facilities and County <br /> Meeting Rooms , recreation program fees ) ( Note : Recreation and Parks , with its own <br />