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County Capital Investment Plan <br />Descriptions of Projects <br />This project is to make reasonable renovations space in the Whitted building, vacated by Social <br />Services, for the Health Department. <br />Cate Farm <br />1997 Bonds <br />2004 2/3 "s Bonds <br />Payment in Lieu <br />Transfer from School Parks Reserve <br />Total County Project Budget $3,675,000 <br />$2,700,000 <br />125,000 <br />50,000 <br />800,000 <br />Orange County acquired this property, also listed as Twin Creeks Park (Moniese Nomp), in <br />2001 for a County park and a joint educational campus with Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools. <br />The existing farmstead for this old dairy still exists. Structures include a 1929 farmhouse, a <br />large barn and silo, a granary and other outbuildings. Some of the structures are in need of <br />immediate stabilization, and others need intermediate and long -term restoration to enable the <br />County to utilize the structures as part of the park. Stabilization involves completing immediate <br />repairs to ensure the buildings are structurally sound and weatherproof, such as repairing <br />structural members, securing siding and reattaching and painting tin roofs, among others. <br />New Hope Creek Preserve Total County Project Budget $317,424 <br />Grants $173,459 <br />2001 Bonds $143,965 <br />Acquisitions and master plan work for the New Hope Creek Preserve. <br />Emergency Power Sources <br />Transfer from General Fund <br />Total County Project Budget $282,000 <br />$282,000 <br />In recent years, Orange County has experienced a significant number of widespread electrical <br />power outages, generally as the result of adverse weather. Certain key County facilities, <br />particularly the Emergency Operations Center and related Emergency Management Department <br />offices, have backup generators installed that provide for a seamless transfer of the power load <br />and continuous operations in the event of electrical power failures. Others can receive <br />generator power through manual transfer switches. However, recent experience has been that <br />because not all County buildings have backup power sources, many important County services <br />come to a virtual halt under adverse weather conditions and their immediate aftermath. In early <br />2003, the BOCC encouraged the Manager and staff to consider including funding for some <br />emergency generators in the 2003 -2013 Capital Investment Plan. <br />Solid Waste Convenience Centers <br />Total County Project Budget $290,000 <br />Transfer from General Fund $290,000 <br />2 <br />5 <br />