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options, establish priorities, ti.me frames and funding~ alternatives and prepare recommendations for the Board of Commissioners. It should be noted that the Steering Committee was NOT charged with, and has not enQaged in, the performance of any sort of overall operational analysis of county activities. However the committee quicklv found that it was impossible to talk intelligently about facilities without giving fairly substantial consideration to the activities to be conducted within those facilities. So while this report is not intended to provide guidance on future county operations, its recommendations regardin~ facilities are based in large part upon information and assumptions concerning present and future county operations. The committee performed its work in three broadly defined sta~es. 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 throuQh the consultant's report, the background information, the subcommittee reports and the drafting of these recommendations, the steering committee has developed several general observations and conclusions which we would like to share with the commissioners by way of introduction to the more specific Findings and Recommendations which follow: 1. The development of a 20-year facilities plan for the county is PAGE 2 ksi/cd/Facilities.Int 03/18/95