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2 themes that have been discussed during the past year. The attached report outlines a process for pursuing cost efficient facilities for both County and school functions. Essentially, the program would create. a performance standard overlay to the existing school construction standards. These performance standards would be used as a benchmark in the design of any County or school facility. On December 7, the Board of Commissioners endorsed this concept for discussion with the two school boards at this December 13 work session. .Attachment 1 b - 12/7199 Report - "Proposed Cost Efficient Facilities Initiatives for County and School Capifa/Projects" c) Parks Task Force Resolution on .Joint Access to Recreation Facilities Among the issues discussed by the Joint Master Recreation and Parks Task Force during the past year has been the desirability of providing open access to recreation facilities owned and operated. by one Orange County local government to the residents of all Orange County jurisdictions. The Task Force has developed a draft resolution that would endorse this concept, and would also endorse extending the concept to the school systems, OWASA, UNC, and Duke University. This resolution is to be circulated to all local governing bodies for consideration at one of their future meetings. The Boards may wish to discuss how this concept might be implemented with regard to school recreation assets, and to identify any possible .impingements or impediments that would need to be worked out to extend this concept to the school systems as well as the local governments. Attachment 1 c - "Resolution -Open Facilities Policy" d) County SchooUParks Reserve Fund On May 6, 1999, an ad hoc $OCC committee of Commissioners Brown and Jacobs met to look at the School/Park Reserve Fund and its use as a funding source for current proposals then on the table and long-term issues. The group was to present their report to .the BOCC for its approval. The report was presented to the Board on June 1, with no action taken at that time. The Board considered an .annotated update of the report at their November 22 work session, made several additional revisions, and approved the report at their meeting on December 7. That report is attached for review and discussion. Attachment 1 d - "Recommendations of the School/Parks Reserve Committee" e) Program/Staff/Facility Issues with Future Budgetary impacts The Board of County Commissioners requested during 1998-99 budget work sessions that both school systems keep the County informed on an ongoing. basis to provide "early warning".about initiatives that might lead to additional funding requests in future fiscal years. This topic was discussed at the joint Commissioner/school board meetings. last fiscal year, and has been a regular topic reviewed at monthly meetings between the County Manager. and the two Superintendents. Discussion at this meeting may focus on new/expanded initiatives that one or both school systems may be considering for 2000-2001. The Orange County Schools have indicated their plans to consider the establishment of pre-K classes in each of the system's elementary schools for the 2000-2001 academic year. The