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Commissioner Brawn made reference to the two studies that were done of the Greene Tract and said that she feels that these should be included in the packet. Also, there were resolutions that went along with the studies. Commissioner Gordon feels it is important to get this going. She has a concern that this process may take a long time. She thought that there was a tentative consensus about what should happen here. Also, she thinks that the map that goes to the public hearing should show the 60 acres divided out to the County as part of the interlocal agreement. Commissioner Brown asked that Craig Benedict show on the map that goes to public hearing the nearest sewer connection to the Greene Tract. Commissioner Gordon thinks it is important to establish the process and make substantial progress an the Greene Tract negotiations before the summer break. 3. WATER AND SEWER BOUNDARY AGREEMENT Geoffrey Gledhill made reference to the latest revisions to the water and sewer agreement, which reflects the comments made by the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro since the last time this was discussed by the County Commissioners. The most significant change is the part that deals with Heritage Hills, Rangewood, and Piney Mountain subdivisions, which is on page 7 of the document. He distributed an analysis of the proposed change of the definition area to define "primary service area" in a way that recognizes that the primary service area is something larger than existing plans for the extension of sewer. He made reference to a map and showed Orange County's primary service area, Hillsborough's primary service area, and OWASA's primary service area. This change recognizes that the map may be changed from time to time. Commissioner Brown made reference to page five and asked about the adverse public health conditions. Geoffrey Gledhill said that in order for a situation to meet the adverse public health conditions, it would have to meet all criteria that are listed. Commissioner Jacobs said that once this is adopted, then the Board should refer to the Planning Board the ramifications of the possibility of changing the watershed standards, so that if there was an adverse public health condition, a remedy that would be allowed would be to extend a water or a sewer line. Water or sewer lines are prohibited in watersheds with the current standards. Several editorial changes were made to the agreement by Commissioner Gordon and were noted by Geoffrey Gledhill to be incorporated into the document. This agreement will be placed on the Consent Agenda. 4. PRELIMINARY SPACE NEEDS REPORT Purchasing Director Pam Jones presented this report. She said that the report was to provide an inventory of space needs of the County and project the needs through 2010, identify any specialized needs, explore reasons for departmental growth, analyze technology's impact on facilities, and recommend options. One of the things that was noted through the questionnaires was that many departments have little pieces of imaging and document retention programs. It would be very effective to formalize the efforts in providing digital information. The principles of the study included co-location, consolidation, and ownership. The report will be updated in the fall to include the studies of the library and the Northern Human Services Center, which have separate task force reports. No action is recommended for the Purchasing and Central Services offices, Northside Community Center or the Skills Development Center at 501/503 West Franklin Street. The questionnaire included questions about current space, future space needs, specialized needs of future space, and storage needs. The projects are in three different levels: Level 1 - 2001-2003; Level 2 - 2003-2007; and Level 3 - 2007-2010. The Level 1 projects include the Government Services Center expansion, Planning and Agricultural Building renovationslFarmers Market, and Justice Facilities -Phase 1. The Government Services Center expansion would include deconstruction of the GSC Annex. The cost estimate for the Government Services Center is $7.4 million. The cost estimate far the Planning and Agricultural Building renovationslFarmers Market is $400,000-475,000. There may be some grant funds available for the farmers market. The estimated cast for the Justice Facilities expansion is $5-$6 million. Level 2 projects include Animal Shelter/Animal Control (cost estimate - $1.4 million}, Emergency Management (cost estimate - $840,000}, Public Works/Transportation {cost estimate - $574,000}, and