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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />• ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 14, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: FY 2010/2011 Library Services Updates <br />DEPARTMENT: Library Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Report and attachments Lucinda Munger, Library Director <br />2. Schematic of Skills Development 245-2528 <br />Center Andrea Tullos, Assistant Director, <br />245-2529 <br />• PURPOSE: <br />During the Budget process for FY 2010-11, the Library was asked to evaluate and prepare <br />information for the BOCC on the 1) a Southern Branch Library; 2) Rural Service Options, 3) <br />evaluation of our relationship with the Hyconeechee Regional Library system, and 4) <br />Interoperability with Chapel Hill Public Library. This report seeks to provide the BOCC with an <br />update on our progress and allow for further feedback and direction to the Library and County <br />Management. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Southern Branch Library <br />1) In June 2010, the BOCC directed staff to begin evaluating possible sites for a Southern <br />Branch Library for Orange County. Staff has met with real estate professionals to review <br />real estate in Southern Orange for both short-tem leasing and / or permanent long-term <br />options for a facility. The leased facilities were viewed as a short term possibility in <br />order to establish the presence of a full service library in southern Orange County; until <br />such time that a capital investment plan in a larger long-term facility was possible. All <br />these possible options assume the closing of the Cybrary and Carrboro McDougle and <br />merging staff, technology, and materials. <br />Long-Term Site: <br />• Current Options: <br />1) Acquire a Site within Carrboro: The cost to purchase land reviewed was between <br />$600,000 - $1,000,000, depending on location and acreage. <br />