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14 <br /> Pam Jones said that she thought that the Board already had the discussion about this <br /> portion of land, and apologized for the changes. <br /> John Link said that when the County Commissioners looked at the footprint for the <br /> Senior Center at the Southern Human Services Center, there were areas identified as natural <br /> areas but the Board did not make a decision that this portion would be off limits. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that she never remembers taking any of the building sites <br /> off the Southern Human Services master plan. She agreed that it should be a decision of the <br /> Board of County Commissioners. <br /> Commissioner Gordon would like to put a higher priority on the justice facilities in Chapel <br /> Hill. She also thinks the staff should be given a chance to make their viewpoints known before <br /> the space plan becomes operational. Pam Jones said that department heads have seen this. <br /> John Link said that to do the two to three major functions is $20 million. Many of these <br /> County facilities are not what would be put on a bond referendum. There will have to be a pay- <br /> as-you-go function or some kind of bank financing. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br /> approve endorsing the space study in principle, with flags (below) which are to be discussed <br /> further, and to advise staff of any changes to be made to the study; to direct staff to include a <br /> placeholder in the 2005-15 CIP for FY 2005-06 for debt service related to land acquisition of a <br /> new County campus; and to direct staff to include a placeholder in the 2005-2015 CIP for FY <br /> 2005-06 planning money to develop a master plan of a new County campus. <br /> Flags: Functions (on page 5 of the Space Needs Update) may need to be changed <br /> - Blackwood Farm uses <br /> - Adoption of a master plan for the Homestead Road property <br /> - Parameters for new County campus <br /> - Valley Forge building and the question of appropriate uses for the facility <br /> - Justice facilities in southern end of the County <br /> - Matrix of costs and descriptions <br /> - Emergency Management <br /> - Location of the ERCD offices <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 6. Options for Implementing Capital Funding Policy Revisions Including 60-40 <br /> School/County Funding Target <br /> The Board considered alternatives for potential changes to the existing Orange County <br /> capital funding policy that will guide the development of County and Schools' Ten-Year Capital <br /> Investment Plans for 2005-15. <br /> John Link said that the Board has discussed the viability of allocating more resources for <br /> repair and maintenance of existing County facilities as well as developing additional County <br /> facilities. During November, the Board adopted a target for dividing capital funding where the <br /> school systems would receive 60% of the capital funding and County facilities would be <br /> addressed by the other 40%. Budget Director Donna Dean has tried to come up with rational <br /> alternatives. There are four options. <br /> There are two major points that have been discussed recently. One is looking at the <br /> possibility of having the County incur the remaining debt for Cedar Ridge High School, relieving <br /> the Orange County system of that responsibility. The other point is to look at how the County <br /> functions would actually receive 40%. In order to make this work with existing revenue sources, it <br />