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2 <br />Memorandum <br />TO: Frank Clifton, County Manager <br />From: Pam Jones, Director, Asset Management Services <br />Lucinda Munger, Library Director <br />RE: Southwest Library Site Selection Criteria <br />Date: September 29, 2011 <br />BACKGROUND-: <br />Orange County Library Task Force recommendations of 2000, 2004, and 2007 have all <br />recommended aone-story, free-standing, full service library of at Feast 20,000 square feet and <br />adequate parking to serve the southwest quadrant of the County. None of these Task Force <br />recommendations provided fora comprehensive site selection criteria and process for <br />evaluating potential sites. <br />In June of 2010, the County Commissioners directed the County Manager and staff to begin <br />actively searching for-property or a facility that could serve as a site for a- Southwest Branch <br />Library. Through the summer of 2010, staff identified potential sites-210 Hillsborough Road <br />(for sale), a storefront facility (for lease), the Skills Development Center (owned by the <br />County), a portion of the Century Center (owned by Carrboro), property on Carrboro's <br />Greensboro street near Southern States (for sale), and a portion of Carrboro Town Hall. <br />On -October 22, 2010 the Gounty Commissioners authorized staff to enter into a Purchase & <br />Sale Agreement for 2.691 acres of property located at 210 Hillsborough Road in Carrboro for <br />the purpose of developing and constructing a branch public library facility. Staff petitioned <br />Carrboro for a conditional zoning approval in order that a library .could- be developed on this <br />property. <br />On April 12, 2011, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved the County's petition to <br />conditionally rezone the property in order to accommodate a public library facility not to exceed <br />20,000 square feet, subject to the required conditional use permitting process as governed by <br />Carrboro's land use ordinance. <br />On June 21, 2011, staff presented physical due diligence on the property to the Board. The <br />results of these physical due diligence items (survey, geotechnical, utility availability, <br />environmental assessment, cultural, archaeological, and off-site traffic engineering analysis) <br />were favorable and support the purchase of the properly. The County Commissioners <br />deferred a decision to move forward with the purchase and development of the property until a <br />full title opinion was formulated by the County Attorney. <br />Following receipt and consideration of the title opinion, on August 23, 2011, the County <br />Commissioners unanimously voted to terminate Purchase & Sale Agreement related to 210 <br />Hillsborough Road. In a subsequent motion, the Board directed the Manager to continue the <br />search for a suitable site through a transparent, collaborative and deliberate process involving <br />
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