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John Link asked Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Jones to speak to this. He also asked Rich Shaw to set up maps. He said that during the 1997-98 site search process, the judgment was that locating the new senior center on County property was the best decision. The question tonight is which footprint is the best on the County's property to locate the senior center. Pam Jones said that they asked the designers of the Southern Human Services Center to prepare a site master plan of the site to identify the building footprints that might be possible. They asked the designers to maximize the parking and minimize the use of the land for use of the parking. She pointed out the sites that were identified on the map. She said that the original site that they looked at had collaboration with UNC and the Institute on Aging, but it does not look like UNC will go forward with its expansion of the Institute on Aging. She said that none of the footprints have dedicated uses. The site on the east and north of the building has been previously discussed as a potential site for future justice facility expansion. This is the only property the County owns in Chapel Hill that is suitable for this type of future development. Land Conservation Manager Rich Shaw said that he was asked to walk the property and prepare a preliminary evaluation of the different sites from a natural resource conservation perspective. He found five sites. He described each site. Chair Jacobs asked about the square footage of the senior center and Pam Jones said that the estimate was 25,000 square feet. Pam Jones answered several clarifying questions of the County Commissioners. Chair Jacobs said that the Board should memorialize some of this analysis for future boards so they will not have to start over. He also suggested refining the plan to switch from a possible building site and incorporate it into the thinking as part of the park aspect of the campus. Commissioner Halkiotis said that seniors have contacted him that the preferred site is site B. He would like to make this as user-friendly as possible (i.e., accessible to wheelchairs). Chair of the Advisory Board on Aging Jack Chestnut said that both boards (Advisory Board on Aging and Friends of the Chapel Hill Senior Center) approved site B as their preferred site because of the visibility and they hope to attract drop-ins. A motion was made Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to designate Site B as the site for the Southern Orange Senior Center. Chair Jacobs added to have staff to come back with adaptations that he outlined for the master plan for the property, so that the Board could consider them at a later date. UOTE: UNANIMOUS Chair Jacobs asked Pam Jones about next steps and Pam Jones said that the planning committee would designate some representatives to work with the architect. The RFP will be ready to go out very soon. Chair Jacobs asked that Pam Jones put this in memo form far the seniors and for the Senior Times. b. Animal Shelter Position, Classification and Pay and Personnel Policy Actions The Board considered position, classification, pay and personnel policy actions necessary to implement the County operation of the Animal Shelter effective July 1, 2QQ4; amending the Orange County Classification and Pay Plan as shown in Attachment 2 effective June 1, 2QQ4; and authorizing the Personnel Director to take the Personnel policy actions in Item 4. Personnel Director Elaine Holmes said that the purpose of this item is to take the personnel actions to staff the animal shelter. There are presently 16 full-time Animal Protection Society employees in the shelter. Of those 16, eight now have advised that they will continue working with APS at their new facility. Those eight include the Shelter Operations Manager, the