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19 Chairman Cecil asked if any of the Board members had any questions they would like to ask Mr. Lovorn. Board member Fendley asked that in the Incentive Programs you developed does Pace come back in the community two or three years down the line to make sure the package is still competitive, and is that on a reduced scale since the work is not as great as on the front end. Mr. Lovorn said they look for long term partnerships in communities and they would give the board a per day fee they would be satisfied with. Mr. Lovoron said this information must -- be constantly updated. Chairman Cecil asked on page 19 of the alternate proposal in Step Number 3, which is the Vision and Economic Summit if that equates to Phase II totally. Dr. Lovorn agreed that it does. Mr. Lovorn said that this is where you identify your vision, your strengths and weaknesses, you set your strategic directions, and you come up with a time line. Mr. Cecil asked Mr. Lovorn that based on his experience if he considered this portion of the strategic planning process to be the crux of the whole matter. Mr. Lovorn answered the vision and economic summit is probably the most important thing that any community should do first. Chairman Cecil asked for questions from the Board members. Board member Bray asked that if on these phases they came back at a later date and asked them to do Phase IV and V how long would the prices be good. Mr. Lovorn said they would be good one year from the date and he said he really didn't see them going up much even after that. Mr. Bray asked that in connection with the expenses could those be more explicit such as a range or a not-to-exceed depending on how many phases the Board asked the Pace Group to do. Mr. Bray said he would like some kind of number. Mr. Lovorn said they could give the board a range, and if it goes over a certain amount they would ask the Board's permission. Mr. Cecil said that he felt as the Board proceeds with this meeting they would identify the tasks to be done and with that information possibly could satisfy Mr. Bray's questions today. Mr. Lovorn agreed. Mr. Cecil said to all the members of the Board in anticipation of John being here today and making this presentation they did check some of the references in the back of the proposal. Mr. Clifford stated he had checked some of them in Greenwood and Mr. Lovorn received high recommendations and the quality of his work was said to be good. Mr. Fendley said he talked with some people in Georgia through the Power Company and got the same response. Mr. Cecil said he felt that the way to proceed now was to try to identify the tasks, either all or part of the proposal the board is going to ask to be done. He said he felt he had a suggestion to make, and if the board would like to expand or detract from it to feel free to do so. He thinks the Board should ask that the Business and Retention Program be done which is part of Phase I. He felt a large part of the information that would be -- developed in Phase I is already available here through the Chamber of Commerce and other sources. He said he realized that the information might be a little bit out of date, but he felt that part of Phase I at this stage is really all that is needed. What he suggested is that we do the Business and Retention Program, the Flexible Incentive Program and the Visioning and Economic Summit which is Phase II; and the meat of the entire Strategic Planning Process. He suggested the Board proceed on those three tasks. He asked for the Board's agreement, and this was the consensus of the Board.