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2 County Debt Management Policy, and the Orange County Capital Funding Policy as well as all other relevant adopted policies of the County • Ensure that all elements are accessible to and senie residents throughout Orange County - • Complete its work by May, 2001 MEETINGS AND PRESENTATIONS The Task Force met in a series of nine meetings, beginning in March. The initial meetings provided members with presentations and information on the numerous capital needs projects which were proposed. The Task Force heard a presentation on affordable housing from the Affordable Housing Task Force, a Board of County Commissioner-appointed group that had invested the previous nine months reviewing affordable housing issues and needs in the County. For educational needs, Task Force members heard presentations from Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill- Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) as well as from representatives of Durham Technical Community College concerning a possible satellite community college campus in Orange County. For parks and recreational needs, the Towns of Chapel Hill, Can-boro, and Hillsborough as well as representatives of Orange County provided presentations to the Task Force. It is worth noting that Chapel Hill and Carrboro jointly submitted their requests and that the Town of Hillsborough and Orange County had, to some degree, also coordinated their proposed projects. The parks and recreational needs presented also included 1) information from representatives of the Soccer Task Force, a Board of County Commissioner-appointed body that had conducted acommunity-wide evaluation of the demand for soccer facilities and programs in the County; and 2) the Open Space Task Force, another Commissioner-appointed body that reviewed open space needs and requests throughout the County. The Capital Needs Advisory Task Force also heard presentations on facility needs associated with County government, Representatives of the Library Services Task Force, the Master Aging Plan Task Force, the Justice Facilities Task Force, arid the Space Needs Study Task Force all addressed the members with proposed projects. The areas discussed included libraries, senior centers, justice facilities, Orange Enterprises (a job-training/employment program for residents experiencing employment barriers), and County govemment buildings. The County buildings projects included administrative ofFices, a Farmers Market, and an Animal Control facility.. All of the November 2001 bond project requests submitted to the Task Force, totaling $153.fi million, are detailed in Appendix C of this report.