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~ . ~ FINAL REPORT OF FACILITIES 5TEERING COMMITTEE OF MARION COUNTY, OREGON INTRODUCTION The Facilities Steering Committee began its work with a general briefing on May 16, 1994, and went on to hold more than 25 meetings over the course of 10 months, culminating a final meeting to approve this report on March 15, 1995. In its initial meeting, the steering committee adopted a work plan which called for it to review county goals and objectives, identify cunent problems, review available data and obtain any needed additional information, review and analyze subcommittee reports, identify options, establish priorities, time frames and funding alternatives and prepare recommendations for the Board of Commissioners. The committee performed its work in three broadly defined stages. During the months of May through July 1994, the committee studied the Facilities Master Plan which had been developed by WE Group Planning Team, familiarized itself with existing county facilities and gathered additional background information. From August 1994 through the first part of February 1995, the committee received written and oral reports from the seven subcommittees which had been formed to deal with each category of county activity, and developed preliminary findings, conclusions and recommendations with respect to each such area. Finally, during February and March 1995, the steering committee drafted, debated and finalized this report to the Board of Commissioners. As we have worked our way through the consultant's report, the background information, the subcornmittee reports and the drafting of these recommendations, the steering committee has developed several general observations and conclusions which we PAGE i ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 03/10/95