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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 18, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. s- 6 SUBJECT: Resolution Indicatin SHSC Site Is Not an Option for IFC Facility Development DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Moses Carey, County Commissioner Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a resolution that indicates that the Southern Human Services Center (SHSC) site on Homestead Road is not an option for future development of Interfaith Council (IFC) facilities. BACKGROUND: The Interfaith Council (IFC) has asked the Commissioners in a letter dated November 29, 1999 to clarify whether the SHSC may be considered an option as they pursue sites upon which to develop future facilities. The SHSC site was purchased by the County keeping in mind the long-range expansion that would be needed to support County services in the southern part of the County. The County is pursuing joint development of a Senior Center with the University, utilizing both County and University land along the south/southwestern edge of the SHSC site. Of the three additional building sites that have been identified on the property, at least two of them may be needed to fulfill known needs for future Human Services expansion and Court facility development. Since the only other County-owned facility in Chapel Hill (Northside) offers no opportunity for expansion, future construction of any County facility is likely to fall to the SHSC site. It would therefore seem prudent to maintain development options on the site. In addition, lack of transportation to the site creates obstacles for clients needing this service. It is likely that this would be an obstacle for IFC clients as well. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with the adoption of this resolution. Preserving the remaining building footprints for future County service delivery facilities will result in future cost avoidance for land that would likely be measured in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. RECOMMENDATION(S): Approval of the attached resolution is recommended; and the Clerk is instructed to submit an executed copy to the IFC leadership in response to the November 29, 1999 letter.