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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: October 20, 2009
Action Agenda
Item No. G~ - r
SUBJECT: Approval of BOCC Retreat A enda
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
County Manager
ATTACHMENT(S):
Draft Agenda
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pam Hemminger
Bernadette Pelissier
Alice Gordon
Frank Clifton, 245-2300
PURPOSE: To consider approval of the proposed Board retreat process for November 14,
2009 full day retreat.
BACKGROUND: The Board agreed to hold a retreat this fall and Staff, under the direction of
Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Hemminger and Commissioner Pelissier, has worked
with facilitators Donna Warner and Lydian Altman from the UNC School of Government to
develop a retreat proposal.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Based on preliminary estimates, the anticipated cost of the first retreat
will be no more than $4000.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board of County Commissioners
approve the proposed BOCC retreat agenda.
Orange County Board of Commissioners Planning Retreat
November 14, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Southern Human Services Building, Chapel Hill, NC
Plannine Retreat Aeenda
Participants: Board of commissioners, manager, clerk, and attorney.
Observers: Assistant managers, interested staff, and economic development advisory board
members. Other interested parties are welcome to attend and observe.
Objectives:
1. Describe the current financial realities and identify areas of constraint and flexibility
for FY 2009-2010
2. Review the results and potential impacts of the early retirement program on
organizational direction and capacity.
3. Identify the decisions the BOCC needs to provide thoughtful and strategic direction
to organizations involved in economic development in Orange County.
^ Acknowledge the values and assumptions the BOCC holds that influence
decisions including the balance between environmental stewardship and
economic development.
^ Explore and define the BOCC's role in economic development.
^ Understand the constraints, limitations, and existing investments that impact
BOCC economic development decisions.
^ Recognize what is happening regionally that influences and impacts economic
development in Orange County.
8:30 a.m. Coffee and Gathering
9:00 Welcome Valerie Foushee, Chair
9:15 Getting Started: Setting Expectations Lydian Altman, School of Government
Making Progress: Review and Celebrate Accomplishments Lydian Altman
10:15 Break
10:30 Current Financial Realities Gary Humphreys, Finance Department
• Share current revenues summary
• Review cash flow calendar
• Share information about debt obligations
• Discuss impact ofstate-imposed cuts (FY 09-10)
• Status update of implications of the early retirement program
• Looking ahead to 2011. What is the impact of federal stimulus funding?
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12:00 p.m. Lunch on-site (for participants, invited observers, facilitators)
1:00 Economic Development in Orange County Jonathan Morgan,
Assistant Professor, UNC-CH School of Government
--Presentation and discussion about fundamentals of economic development, the
board's role in economic development, development opportunities, fit with a 'green'
vision, regional influences, and working with others
2:30 Break
2:45 Continued: Economic Development in Orange County Jonathan Morgan
3:45 Next Steps and Follow-up Lydian Altman
Evaluate Retreat
4:00 Adjourn
Materials for meetine:
• Goals and Objectives, adopted by BOCC on September 15, 2009
• Maps of the three economic development districts (EDD)
• Brief summary of what's in place in EDDs
• OC BOCC Cover Story Vision from November 2008
OC Staff
OC staff
OC staff
SOG facilitators
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