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March 7, 2008 (Board Retreat) Page 729 improvement). $8 Assess other counties around the country similar to Cabarrus, to see how they provide fire protection. $9.10 Require governance policies be adopted at each fire district for boards - # of meetings per year, board makeup, etc. $18 Pursue grant money for the purchase and/or installation of smoke and CO2 detectors. $35 Work with the municipalities to identify high congestion intersections and roadways to determine how these can be alleviated. Note: Done (MPO, cities). $30 The county will offer a basic Disaster Preparedness course for the general public to include flooding, plane crash, storm destruction, fire, basic first aid and CPR, etc. Courses would be offered at multiple times per year and no cost to the public. The participants would commit to attend and complete the course. $70 *Annual report from staff to Commission on status of security issues and needs in all areas of public safety, both mandated and desired. Recommend to the Commission, with rationale, the spending priorities to be placed in the budget. Annual Emergency Management update. r.... .,,m rmcv _ ar,.mvr_cmrv rrnunr_rMG:tam Value Specific Outcome $40 Initial analysis of evacuation planning as it relates to available transportation, roads, vehicles, etc. As part of the discussion for Goal 2 - Year 1, Bobby Smith, Emergency Management Director, responded to numerous questions from the Board. n...., 9 - ve.~w 1 Value Specific Outcome $20 Adopt a policy requiring all new county-constructed buildings to be LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) to reduce energy consumption and preserve natural resources. $25.10 Join with the Cabarrus County Education Foundation non-profit to analyze the existing Old Concord High School facility as to possibilities for a magnet school in science and the arts. This would involve a public/private partnership of the County Commission, Board of Education, City of Concord, Education Foundation, Historic Cabarrus, Historic District, and any organizations that might be formed to support such an effort: ie: Concord High School Alumni. $7.35 Look at the feasibility of using the school cafeterias as service locations for Lunch-Plus clubs throughout the county. $2.75 Identify ways that the County can consolidate services with Cities. $7.50 Partner with cities to develop parks/greenways. $0.90 Analyze services that are not self sufficient to determine ways they can become self sufficient or less reliable on the county. $35 *HOard members agree to participate in continuing education opportunities to achieve competencies as needed (staff will recommend particular courses). Value . .Specific Outcome $1 According to the E-NC Authority, well over 90~ of the households in Cabarrus County have Internet access. Within 12 months, 75$ of them have subscribed to the county's e-news alerts. $13 Develop a periodic mailer, similar to Concord and Kannapolis that provides information and updates about county programs. $9.50 List the top 1 or 2 issues in each of the departments or over all top 5 on the website home page with links as to what is being done to accomplish this goal or a request for public input. $13.50 Identify the persons affected by our public hearings and notify them differently, i.e. put up notices at the Department of Aging, holding public hearings two months out and announcing them at the current monthly meeting, posting our upcoming public hearings on Channel 22. $23 Add a video stream on the website with a welcoming message with service opportunities. $11 Add the Agenda to the television screen allowing the viewers to follow the agenda. $65 *Create a diverse committee to study the impact of the Latino Population in our county. The main focus of the study would be on