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minor renovations for 112 N. Churtan St. (cast estimate - $60-$70,000} and Court Street Annex (cost estimate - $20,000}. Level 3 projects include Whitted Human Services Center (cost estimate for option 2 - $6.7 million} and Southern Human Services Center (cost estimate $3 million}. The two projects that are not categorized are the Senior Centers {cost estimates not developed} and Solid Waste and Recycling (cost estimate - $679,000 paid through Landfill Enterprise Fund). The expenditure levels for the projects, excluding Senior Centers and Solid Waste and Recycling are $14 million far level 1, $3 million for level 2 and $10 million for level 3. The recommended Board of County Commissioners' action is to approve the Executive Summary and forward it to the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force and to receive the rest of the report in the fall of 2001. Commissioner Jacobs made same editorial comments, which were noted by Pam Janes. Commissioner Jacobs stated that the Library Task Force would have its report completed by the end of April. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to page nine and the Chapel Hill courtroom and said that it sounded like this came up too late in the process and when the report comes out in the fall there will be more detail. On pages 13-14 regarding the Whiffed Building, he said that there was a sign that directs people, which looks terrible and should be removed. He said that at the corner of Margaret Lane and Cameron Street, a street light would be useful. Regarding page 15 and parking, he said that we had some meetings with Hillsborough and absolutely nothing has happened. He would like to see some follow up on what was decided about parking in Hillsborough. He assumes that there will be public art incorporated into the buildings. Pam Jones indicated that she would like to see the County Commissioners adopt a policy for public art. Commissioner Jacobs does not agree that ERCD should be moved from the building that it is in. He said that ERCD works very cooperatively with Soil and Water and Cooperative Extension. He does not agree with relocating Recreation and Parks to this facility. He is concerned that we are talking about building athree-story building for the Government Services Center. Regarding the Farmers Market, he is not sure the Planning and Agricultural Center site is the right location because it would require people to drive to it. Regarding Emergency Management, Commissioner Jacobs asked if there was any interest by the Sheriff for a substation. Regarding public works, in talking about the Fairview Property, Commissioner Jacobs said that Hillsborough has had some conversations about moving their public works facility. Pam Jones said that Hillsborough has opted not to ca-locate with the County. Commissioner Jacobs encouraged Pam Jones to talk with Hillsborough again about co-locating. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the cost was involved in moving the buses from the Whitted Center to the Public Works Facility. Regarding the renovation of the house at the Southern Human Services Center property, he feels it should be moved forward instead of included in Level 3. Considering the minimum cost, he feels this should be moved up in priority. Commissioner Carey asked if it is an assumption that land will be available at the solid waste facility for an animal shelter and Animal Control and Pam Jones said yes. Commissioner Brown mentioned that OPC might end up as a County department. Regarding the small house on the Southern Human Services Center acreage, Chair Halkiotis suggested that this might be an opportunity far County employees and County Commissioners to take this on as a project. He does not think it will take $100,000 to make this a functional facility for a conference center. Chair Halkiotis said that he did not hear anything about storage facilities at Public Works. The County needs storage. Chair Halkiotis said that it seems to him that the cast of buildings is $150.00 per square foot. The schools are using $90.00 to $100.00 a square foot. He said that $150.00 per square foot is a little high. He suggested that the County Commissioners that worked an this plan make the presentation to the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force and show some of the conditions in some of these buildings. He asked that parking be taken into consideration because the County needs parking and the parking issue