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9. ITEMS FOR DECISION - REGULAR AGENDA <br />A. UNIVERSITY MANOR PHASE II - PRELIMINARY PLAN <br />This item was discussed at the November 4, 1996 regular meeting of the County <br />Commissioners. Additional information on several issues was requested. Planner Mary Willis summarized <br />the concerns as expressed by the County Commissioners and the staff response to these concerns. This <br />information is in the agenda on pages eight and nine. <br />In answer to a question from Commissioner Willhoit, Mary Willis said that there will be <br />easements available if need be for public water. <br />Mr. Mitchell, the engineer for the project, said that phase I will have a 10,000 water tank that <br />will feed the well sites and as phases are added, they will build additional tanks. <br />Mr. David Rooks, attorney for the developer, said that with respect to the community water <br />system that the water system is interconnected. Also, the utility company does not own the well site. they <br />have an arrangement with the Homeowners Assoc. whereby the operator will be able to drill new well sites if <br />that becomes necessary. <br />In answer to a question about dedication of the entire 30 acres, Mr. Rooks said that since <br />future phases have not yet been approved, it would be premature to go ahead and dedicate the full 30 acres <br />at one time. There may be another way an agreement can be worked out to lease to the County that portion <br />of this 30 acres that will be dedicated in future phases. <br />Patrick Mulkey made reference to the Master Parks and Recreation Plan and referred to one <br />of the charts which talks about a University Station park. It states that this site could include ballfields, <br />shelters, restrooms, community center, play areas, etc. He does not feel that the community center will be <br />feasible. He has walked the property. He made reference to the railroad tracks and suggests that maybe the <br />railroad could put a fence up along this site. The land acquisition for a 30 acre park is $300,000 and the <br />county has an opportunity to get this at virtually nothing. He accepts that this will be piecemeal and feels that <br />is okay. He feels this is a golden opportunity to implement part of the Parks and Recreation Plan. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked if the County Engineer Paul Thames looked at this site to <br />ascertain if there would be obvious problems with this development with respect to water and sewer. Mary <br />Willis said that he reviewed this and feels everything is okay with the community system. He noted that to <br />convert the system from private to public would involve some improvements but no problem. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that it is her understanding that if anything goes wrong, the <br />residents will pay for whatever needs to be done to provide water or sewer, and asked for confirmation. The <br />Staff and Commissioners agreed. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit to <br />approve the Preliminary Plan for University Manor Phase II in accordance with the resolution of approval as <br />contained in the agenda. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />B. LONG RANGE SCHOOL CAPITAL FUNDING <br />John Link presented for Board consideration of approval, a revised capital funding policy for <br />school and County capital projects and asked the Board to endorse a conceptual framework for the formation <br />and activities of a Capital Needs Advisory Committee. <br />Budget Director Sally Kost summarized the major change in the policy. The Board policy for <br />recurring capital has been $750,000 for several years. This new policy will replace the $750,000 with the <br />equivalent of three cents on the general fund property tax rate. The second change is that the current policy <br />earmarks 80% of the first half-cent sales tax and 60% of the second half-cent for school projects with the <br />balance going for County. With the new funding plan all half cent sales tax monies would continue but it <br />would not be earmarked but is part of the revenues less the debt and that is the money that is appropriated. <br />The third major area is that the current policy says that capital projects for schools will be $50,000 or more. <br />Over the years this has not been adhered to because of the ways some of the projects have been combined <br />for one facility. This has been eliminated from the proposed policy. The last change is that the current <br />policy references a 5-year Cl P and the County now has a 10-year CIP so this has been changed to reflect the <br />10-year CI P. <br />Sally Kost confirmed that this is the same as Option 5b discussed in previous meetings.