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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 9-d- <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Skills Development Center; Lease agreements with Partners <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND <br />CENTRAL SERVICES <br />Public Hearing: No <br />Budget Amendment Reqd? <br />No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />PAM JONES, <br />ext. 2650 <br />Leases with: <br />Durham Tech <br />Telephone Number <br />- <br />Literacy Council <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />JOCCA <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />Employment Security Commission <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving lease agreements with the partners in the Skills <br />Development Center. <br />BACKGROUND: The Skills Development Center effectively opened for business on <br />January 11, 1999. The partners providing services from this facility include the Orange <br />County Literacy Council, the Joint Orange- Chatham Community Action ( JOCCA), the <br />Employment Security Commission, Durham Technical Community College and the <br />Orange County Department of Social Services for its Work First program. <br />In order to establish consistent terms of tenancy in the building, leases are established <br />with each of the non - County department partners. The term of the initial agreement <br />extends through June 30, 2004, unless the partner no longer provides services <br />consistent with the operation of the SDC or if they fail to meet performance standards <br />established by the Skills Development Center Advisory Committee. <br />Rent amounts are established in the attached leases for all partners, but with the <br />exception of the Literacy Council, have been cited as in -kind support of the program. <br />With the exception of the Literacy Council, the SDC provides space for satellite <br />operations from which the partners provide job readiness programs. However, the <br />Literacy Council uses the SDC as their primary office location. As such, they will pay to <br />the County a total of $600 per month in rent for use of the office space and common <br />areas. <br />As a point of clarification, the State of North Carolina has indicated during previous <br />conversations that they authorize rent for only one location of the Employment Security <br />Commission per County. Since the SDC serves as a satellite location, the State has <br />heretofore declined the County's request to pay rent. The County will pursue rent for <br />the space should the State's policy be interpreted with more flexibility in the future. <br />