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J. Fuel purchase request from MINA Charter School of Lee County. Jeanette Peace, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Operations Committee for MINA Charter School of Lee County, issued a request to the County for the purchase of fuel for school buses. Beginning August 2020, MINA Charter School of Lee County, located in the old Kendale Plaza in Jonesboro, will provide free public school to grades K -5. The County purchases fuel in bulk from various suppliers based on rate and stores it for use at the General Services Building. As requests are made, General Services will continue to monitor current fuel supply and demand and make recommendations accordingly. MINA Charter School has estimated the purchase and use of about 500 gallons of fuel per month. General Services Director Russel Spivey stated that if approved, the County has the current ability to accommodate this request. The following organizations currently purchase fuel from the County. boys and Girls Club, Johnston Lee Community Action, Lee County Industries, Sandhills Center, and Lee County Schools. Legal staff has prepared a memorandum of understanding memorializing the terms of the purchase arrangement. III. PUBLIC COMMENTS The following people spoke during the Public Comments section of the meeting: - Brenda Johnson, 815 W. Macintosh Street Sanford, NC (Pool at Horton Park) - Vonda Reives, 2117 Jasney Drive, Sanford, NC (Horton Park and Pool) - DeCarlos Loclear, 205 Jamestown Drive, Sanford, NC (Horton Park Pool) - James Alread, 2929 Watson Avenue, Sanford, NC (Horton Park Pool) - Teresa Sphinx,409 Cindy Drive, Sanford, NC (Horton Park, Census) IV. OLD BUSINESS IV.A Lee County Government Draft Strategic Plan Presentation The Board approved moving forward with a countywide strategic plan in December 2019. Sheryl Trent and Zach Ratkai with SBrand Consulting presented the Lee County Government Draft Strategic Plan. The purpose of the plan is to give feedback on where the County should head in the future. The plan reflects input from the Board of Commissioners, the Advisory Committee, community partners and the general public. Information was gathered via data collection, the visioning session, committee workshops, partner interviews, a community webinar, and a community survey. Additional input will be sought over the next month. A request to adopt the proposed strategic plan will be presented to the Board at the September 21, 2020 Board of Commissioners meeting. The strategic plan has a vision, mission with a purpose, core values which show how the plan is implemented, and key areas of focus which include 6 priorities that Lee County Government wants to address. Goals are broad and intangible with long-term visions. Objectives get more specific and often have dates and measurable output. This plan is for Lee County Government to get together once a year to discuss and update the plan which will continuously provide a guide for making decisions and plans for the future. Strategic Plans answer three questions, where you are today, where you want to be in the future, and how are you going to accomplish that. Ms. Trent requested further feedback from the Board on the Draft Strategic Plan by September 1st in order to finalize the plan for the Board's next meeting. The six key areas of focus are arts and culture, community safety, economic development, education, health and well being and partnerships. There is one more community meeting after the plan is adopted to