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May 7, 2012 (Work Session) BOC Strategic Plan Update Page 1045 Chairman Poole advised the Board was unable to address its Strategic Plan at the retreat held in January due to time constraints. Mike Downs, County Manager, reviewed the Board's Mission and Vision Statements. There were no changes made to these statements. Erica Nesbitt, Budget and Performance Manager, reviewed the Board's five (5) strategic goals and corresponding achievement stage as presented in the Agenda and hereby incorporated into the meeting minutes by reference. She also presented the following staff recommendations for changes to the Strategic Plan: Goal 1. Preserve and enhance the quality of life by addressing growth with sound public policies that sustain resources, provide high quality services, and fund infrastructure needs. OBJECTIVES RESULT Recommended Change 5 Work with the school boards NO Recommend discussing this SUCCESS to determine any advantages DEVELOPMENT objective with the schools and in offering more distance then deleting this as a county learning classes. objective. Following a lengthy discussion, the Board placed this item on its May 10, 2012 agenda for discussion at a joint meeting with the Cabarrus County School Board. Goal 2. Achieve community -wide preparedness to protect public safety, respond to routine and catastrophic events, and maintain and restore the well -being of all residents. OBJECTIVES RESULT Recommended Change 3 Hold an extensive work SUCCESS Recommend deleting current session for information objective and adding: Implement gathering and strategy county goals from Emergency development in the area of Management Planning session: emergency management. ® Assess school sites for adequate space /access /water supply for emergency and preparedness activities. • Launch the special needs registry to assist citizens in their specific needs during crisis situations. • Complete plan to include public safety message on Channel 22. • Implement a disaster debris management plan to enhance our capabilities to facilitate the performance of county services during and after a debris - generating incident. 4 Develop a systematic way to PROGRESS Recommend changing to: "Create a replace the three current regional, redundant 911 911 communications center Communications System" with one countywide, consolidated 911 communications center. There was no objection from the Board to the recommended changes.