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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 <br />SUBJECT: One Year Extension of Lease for Parks Operations Base <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Purchasing Services (AMPS) <br />and Environment, Agriculture, <br />Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Lease Renewal <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, AMPS, (919) 245 -2652 <br />David Stancil, DEAPR, (919) 245 -2522 <br />Lori Taft, DEAPR, (919) 245 -2660 <br />PURPOSE: To approve a one -year lease extension through July 31, 2011 for property at 503 <br />Cornerstone Drive, Hillsborough, currently being used as a Parks Operations Base. <br />BACKGROUND: Since August 2004, Orange County has leased a 4,000 square foot building <br />with surrounding grounds (approximately 3,500 square feet) at 503 Cornerstone Court, <br />Hillsborough (close to the intersection of Highways 86 and 70A). <br />The shop space is used for carpentry (picnic tables, play structure repair, kiosk and sign <br />construction, and painting) for equipment care and lubrication, and to allow for productivity <br />during inclement weather. <br />County equipment assigned to the Parks division is secured in the fenced yard surrounding the <br />building. <br />Work crews are dispatched from this base daily to service Efland, Central, Fairview and <br />Northern Parks. Southern Human Services Center, New Hope, Blackwood and Twin Creeks <br />properties also receive regular attention and maintenance. <br />The owner of the property has offered a one -year renewal through July 31, 2011 at the current <br />lease rate ($37,155 per year). Water will be paid by the Landlord. The lease renewal allows <br />the County to terminate the lease as may be needed with 60 days notice. All other terms and <br />conditions remain the same. <br />Given budgetary constraints, staff continues to pursue alternative locations for this facility that <br />would be both economical and functionally viable. Should alternatives under discussion come <br />