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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Sheriffs Department Sub-Station at Efland-Cheeks Community- <br />School Park <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No <br />CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />PAM JONES, ext. 2650 <br />Report <br />Telephone Number- <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider options to provide space for the Sheriffs office to develop a <br />sub-station at the Efland Cheeks Community School Park. <br />BACKGROUND:Orange County is proposing to develop a park on property owned by <br />the Orange County School Board. A 50-year agreement has been executed with the <br />School Board to allow the development. <br />Phase I construction of the Park will include one multi-purpose field appropriate <br />for soccer and baseball, two (2) lighted basketball courts, paved walking trails, multi- <br />purpose play surfaces, one picnic pavilion and associated parking. <br />Specific sections of the park will be for exclusive use by the Efland Cheeks <br />Elementary School during hours of school operation. After school hours, all areas of the <br />park are available for use by the general public. <br />Specifications are in the final stages of development and the project has been <br />approved by the County's Planning Department. It is anticipated that bids will be <br />solicited by the end of February 1999. The designers have estimated the time for <br />completion to be approximately 275 days. Assuming bids are received and contracts <br />are awarded by the end of March 1999, the Park should be completed by January 2000. <br />It is anticipated that the park will generally operate from dawn to dusk. The <br />entrance to the park will be gated when the park is closed. <br />The Park will likely be well used by many citizens of the County, due to the type <br />of activities that can be accommodated on the site. To add an additional element of <br />security to the Park, it has been suggested that a satellite Sheriffs office be located <br />there, as is the emerging trend in many parks nationwide. <br />Options for development, as discussed by a Citizen/County group, included: <br />