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Pam Janes said that this project will double the size of the existing courthouse, with the addition of 27,000 square feet. There will also be a farmer's market and the completion of the plan and the building of the area behind the courthouse, ar River Park. She explained the different planning committees. Commissioners Jacobs and Gordan will work with the exterior committee and Commissioners Brawn and Halkiotis will work with the interior committee. The architect selection group went through seven proposals for the project and interviewed four of the firms. The recommendation still came back to the local firm of Corley Redfoot Zack. The design fees total $669,800. The fee components are broken down in the abstract. The completion of the project, based on the timeline from Corley Redfoot Zack, has the project being completed mid-2007. Judges Wade Barber and Joe Buckner made comments on the positive experience of being on the selection committee. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Commissioner Brown to accept the recommendation of the Justice Facilities Architect Selection Group; and approve a contract with Corley Redfoot Zack Inc. (CRZ) of Chapel Hill to provide consultant services associated with the design of the Justice Facilities Expansion -Phase I, The Farmers' Market and the design. VOTE: UNANIMOUS e. Lease Approval: Parks Operations Base The Board considered approving athree-year lease with JCBH Properties, LLC for approximately 4,000 square feet of interior space and 3,500 square feet of exterior storage area at 503 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough, to be used as a parks operations base, per the terms and conditions herein cited; and authorizing the Chair to sign. Pam Jones said that this item is to discuss athree-year lease far a parks operations base. She said that this is a three-year lease beginning July 1St. The County will clean the building and the landlord is responsible for the upkeep. The lease amount is $32,640 annually for the three years. The County pays utilities and janitorial services. The funds are coming from the Parks and Recreation Operations account. Parks and Recreation Director Lori Taft said that some of the work occurring at this space is wintertime and rainy day work for the parks. They will operate out of the base each day picking up equipment and moving out to the various locations. They currently have three staff that cannot be accommodated at the Central Recreation Center. They are continuing to buy equipment (hammers, rakes, etc.} and they do not have a place to store it. In the wintertime, they will be building picnic tables, constructing signs, repairing items, maintaining the mowers, etc. They are working closely with Public Works to set this building up the way it should be run. They have investigated other locations. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he has some real issues with this. He thought they had been working to move away from leasing. He is not convinced that throwing $100,000 into this operation is a wise investment. He is also not convinced that we have thoroughly looked at all property that Orange County currently owns, including the Public Works facility. He felt this same way about the facility in Efland and he cannot support this because it is not a wise investment of money. Chair Jacobs said that the County is in the process of finalizing a land swap with Hillsborough so that they could co-locate their Public Works with the County's and the County would still gain some additional land that could be used for Public Works expansion. He asked if any thought was given to this expansion area and if any thought was given to having a shorter lease. John Link said that the original lease was for five years and it was negotiated down. He said that even after a land swap occurs, a building must be built. He agrees that leasing is not the first alternative that he would recommend. The question is where to put equipment far