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001 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 21, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. 7-c SUBJECT: Southern Orange County Government Services CampusMaster PlanUpdate, BOCC Recommendation of Concept Master Plan DEPARTMENT:Manager’s Office, Asset PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No Management Services ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: 1)Master Planning PrinciplesFrank Clifton, 919-245-2306 2)Context and Background InformationGwen Harvey, 919-245-2307 3)Concept Master PlanAlternativesand Michael Talbert, 919-235-2308 ComparisonJeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 PURPOSE: To receivean update on the status of the Southern OrangeCounty Government Services Campus master planning process; To providefeedback to staff on the merits of its two prepared concept master plan designalternatives; To consider recommending a single concept master planfor staff to 1) take to a Public Information Session on September 4, and 2) develop into a final plan to be presented to the Board forapproval in October of 2012. BACKGROUND: In 1992 the County purchased 34.1acres at 2500 Homestead Road on which to develop a County campus for service offerings in southern Orange County for the foreseeable future. To date, two buildings have been built on the site: the Southern Human Services Center and the Seymour Senior Center. The site also supports Project HomeStart on northwest sector of the property. The Board of Commissioners approved a conceptual site master plan in 2006 and included funding for a formal master plan of the Campus in the current year Capital Investment Plan (CIP). On May 15, 2012the Board of County Commissioners approved a Professional Services Agreement with Clarion Associates of Chapel Hill (“Clarion”) to develop the formal master plan andSpecial Use Permit Modification for the Southern OrangeCampus. The overall intent of the master plan and the subsequentSpecial Use Permit modification with the Town of Chapel Hill is to secure the most comprehensive and flexible set of development rights for a significant period of time into the future to serve Orange County’s needs. The objective is to prepare an application to submit to the Townto secure this comprehensive set of development rights for a 25 year period. The plan will outline development areas and specific design guidelines for County planning and construction for both building expansion and new building construction.