BOARD01372

• Board Meeting Date: 11/17/1976
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

So ordered.

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Now, I think we ought to go back to the priorities. I,have'an
observation that I would make to begin with. ' Arid that is that if we
were going to discuss the merits and possible demerits of the priority
system that is in front of you, that we could spend two days on that
alone. I would .like to suggest as a course of.action, that we do
approve the: staff's recommendations on priorities for these twelve proj-
ects. And I would like the staff to know, if the Board agrees with me,
that the priority system has many imperfections, in 'Diy judgment, that
these are policy matters that we would like input from the staff, but
the Board would be making the policy determinations of what rank and
importance should be given to various factors. And that before we con-
sider any other further projects under the fund, that we establish, for
future hearings, a priority system that we have direct input and approval
OIl.

MR. VANDEMOER: Mr. Chairman.

MR. STAPLETON:' Yes, Mr. Vanaemoer.

MR. VANDEMOER: I don't want to open something up, but I'm going to.

(Laughter. ). ,

It bothers me that tqe date of application is worth as much:as urgency
in this priority system. As I say, I don't want to make something
complicated, but wouldn't it be possible to look at this thing and not
complicate it?

In other words, if you change date of application on something that's
down here as number seven ,or eight, it will be number one. That!s the
whole difference 'right there. . That can change one from half way down to
the top. If you.1ook at the urgency, you wouldn't have to change the
order,at all except down to put ten in seventh place, and six in ninth
place. I ,would ,like to suggest that urgency be more important 'than the
date of application.

MR. STAPLETON: Mr. Vandemoer, if I amy suggest, unless we want to go
through each of these items, and so forth, I think what we should do,
unless there is some serious objection is approve the priorities for
these. And Mr. Sparks has already indicated that with the amount of
funds available, the priorities at this juncture are not important. But
I, as a Board member, want to have some input in the priorities for the
future. But those were just suggestions, so I will await the pleasure
of the Board.

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MR. JACKSON: Mr. Chairman, if what you said was a motion, I would so
move and endorse it strongly. . I think we could argue about these all.
day. And I have some 'reservations about a number and I would like to
change some, but so does everyone else. So I would certainly go along
on the basis that we will discuss the priority system and establish some
Board input on it.

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