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2 community. She said there are possible opportunities for partnerships with local governments. Mr. Norris asked if Ms. Nardi has any thoughts on how our process could be improved, but said she would need to learn more about it. Ms. Edwards asked if Ms. Nardi has any examples of interaction between similar Centers and local governments in other areas, and Ms. Nardi said she will follow up. Ms. Ellis reviewed staff recommendations for the ABRT process as a result of good survey results from both team members and agencies: recruit members of the beneficiary community on the team; add a Councilors and/or member of the Board of Supervisors to the funding application team; maintain consistent contact with agencies and programs; change the application to add a question about how the program engages the beneficiary population; and add a question about how and with whom the agency or program collaborates to better meet community needs. Dr. Brown said he wants to make sure that any changes are based on achieving outcomes, i.e., the information we ask for should be useful and should not just create a more arduous process. Ms. Edwards said we should be more specific about what it means to collaborate with other agencies, i.e. how does your agency work better because of collaboration, is fund raising better with collaboration; how are they helping neighborhoods. She said it might be helpful to get agencies together. Dr. Brown agreed with the recommendation to add residents of the beneficiary community, but acknowledged that it is a big task. He asked if there are other representatives of the beneficiary community (PHAR, Urban Vision, JABA, etc.) who could provide the same perspective. Ms. Ellis said there was discussion about adding an intern from the Virginia Organizing Project. Ms. Edwards asked if we have standards for the process for boards, and Ms. Ellis said no, but it probably should be considered. Ms. Train said United Way does, and has 10 or 11 conditions that must be met. Ms. Ellis said ABRT is trying to get their application more aligned with United Way’s. Ms. Beauregard reviewed the recommendations for the City/County process: quarterly reports from agencies (she said this will be reviewed given concerns expressed); request outcome based information for human service agencies; and expand the number of people receiving reports. Dr. Brown said he thinks it makes more sense to request information from festivals about the attendance, number of people in town, etc. Ms. Beauregard said she will ask the Visitors Center for assistance. Ms. Edwards said she would be interested in knowing the amount of support festivals need, and suggested that all festivals get together to talk about what makes a festival successful. Ms. Beauregard said negotiations are continuing about funding for the SPCA. She said the County has apparently arrived at a compromise. She said the SPCA has requested $4 per capita from the City in 2011, and $5 per capital in 2012. She said Council wanted to pursue moving animal control to the SPCA, but she is unsure if they are wiling to do that.