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Commissioner Halkiatis said that they should convince the historical society that the smart thing to do in the long run is preservation of a different sort. John Link suggested exposing the historical preservation community to the new materials because they might have a different perception. iii. Justice Facility Construction and New Courthouse Renovations (page 3-40 in CIP notebook} Pam Jones said that the Exterior Planning Committee agreed to a design this past week and the next step is for the architects to work one more time with the Interior Planning Committee and that will be the final planning. She said that the architect hopes to be able to put it forward to the regulatory people soon. She said that they hope to get a text amendment for the new height and this will be going to the Town of Hillsborough Planning Board soon. They hope to get this out to bid in the fall and then plan to break ground on this facility in January 2007. It will come back to the Board of County Commissioners before it goes out to bid. It is an 18-24 month construction time. iv. Meadowlands Annex (page 344 in CIP notebook} Pam Jones said that this property is set to close an April 24t" and the architects have met with department heads on who will be moving there -Economic Development, Information Technology, and administrative staff from EMS, in addition to the storage that will be in this facility. There will also be a large room to be used for training and other things. She said that they opted to include an elevator in the building. After there are meetings with the departments about what the floor plan needs to be, they can determine whether this has to be bid out or whether the up fits can be done in-house. They would like to move in by July 1St Chair Jacobs asked if the entrances would be ADA compliant and Pam Jones said yes v. Orange County Satellite Campus of Durham Technical Community College (page 3-50 in CIP notebook} Pam Jones said that Durham Tech has submitted the plans to the State and the State still has not released them. As soon as the plans are released, then they will be put out to bid. The easements have been approved far the Town of Hillsborough to get the sewer line. The County Commissioners will see this again when the bids come back. There were some added alternates for the green building standards, and the County Commissioners would be able to select which of those to fund. Chair Jacobs said that he read in the newspaper that there was a visit by Durham Tech officials. He suggested trying to make Durham Tech more of a partner so that when there is another visit, someone from the County is there also. Commissioner Gordon suggested following upon this very soon -nicely but firmly. She would like to get same Orange County representatives on the Durham Tech board. Commissioner Halkiotis asked for copies of the final drawings that were submitted to Raleigh and asked that they be posted in the Government Services Center foyer. Chair Jacobs said that he spoke with Greg Wilder today about getting in touch with Senator Burr's office about grant funds for the green building added alternates and Senator Dole for the senior center commercial kitchen. Chair Jacobs said that there needs to be a better process for developing a relationship with Durham Tech and if we are partners then Orange County should be treated as partners. John Link said that the only way this will happen is if it is an institutionalized process by the Board of County Commissioners.