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Pam Janes said that what has driven this timeline has been other projects. They will get the architect selection group together in the next month to review the RFP. She is in the process of putting together an RFP. Commissioner Jacobs asked for the timeline to be put in writing. It will be put in the Manager's memo. Commissioner Gordon said that the Board should accept the "Easter egg" sheet entitled Debt Issuance Schedule by Fiscal Year. Donna Dean said that they would come back with apay-as-you-go for the immediate needs for generators. They are also looking for homeland security grant funds to help match for the generators. c. Tier 3 Projects -County Commissioner Proposed Projects Not Currently Programmed into the County's Capital Funding Revenue Stream 1. Pre-K Facility Chair Brown said that Michele Rivest will be coming to the November 2Qt" meeting and will give the Board an understanding as to what pre-K facilities are all about and how they work in North Carolina. She did the cost estimate in the packet. She said that they need to hear that report from her first. She said that if the Commissioners feel that this is a good idea, she thinks this is an excellent item for collaboration for the two school systems. It could be a big money saver because the space used throughout the County for this program takes up almost an entire school. Commissioner Jacobs asked if this had to be a stand alone facility. If it is not, he would propose athree-story building for the one central office with apre-K facility on the ground floor. Also, he would like to consider having daycare as part of it (daycare for staff or affordable daycare). John Link said that this might be better addressed by Michele Rivest. Commissioner Carey would like to know what impact this would have on the SAPFO thresholds. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he would like to know how many classrooms this proposal is and how many children will be served. He said that this is a great opportunity far collaboration at a minimum cast. Commissioner Gordon said that she thinks we need to inform the school systems that we are considering this and how they think this would fit in as a courtesy. She would like to invite the school systems on November 20`" John Link will let the superintendents know. He will also give an update on the number of rooms used far pre-K and how many children at each site and where they are located. 2. Heritage Center 3. Library (relocation} Chair Brown said that these two items were linked together. Commissioner Jacobs said that someone should look at the issue of whether a library makes sense to co-locate. The Library Task Force looked briefly at the idea of co- locating with the community college, but no one has done an analysis. Before a collaboration with the community college goes too far, we need to make sure that Durham Tech would be comfortable with it. Information such as the additional costs, square footage, etc. is needed. He suggested making this part of a capital project -either the community college or Whitted expansion or an existing building. Also, the Heritage Center idea could be folded in regarding local history and archiving some historical materials.