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Jeff Thompson said in the spring of this year, the Board authorized the engagement of Clarion Associates of Chapel Hill to work with Orange County towards a master plan for the 34 acres southern Orange County Government Services campus. This campus currently houses the Southern Human Services Center, the Robert and Pearl Seymour Center, and Project Home Start. Staff and consultants have worked through the summer on this endeavor and will provide an update on its progress. The goal of this process and eventual master plan is to provide Orange County with the utmost flexibility in its future development needs as well as lengthening that flexibility over the longest period of time which in this case is 25 years. The master plan will serve as the foundation for Orange County's efforts in securing a special use permit modification with the town of Chapel Hill upon approval of the final master plan. Mr. Thompson said the intent of his presentation is to show the work to date and discuss alternative concepts to master plans for the Board's guidance towards the October plan adoption. Mr. Thompson then introduced Roger Waldon, the principal of Clarion Associates, to begin the discussion. Roger Waldon said they are working with Staff, advisory boards, and some of the stake holders on this property to learn as much as they can about the property and its history. They want to put Orange County in the best possible position to make full use of this property to provide services to the citizens of Orange County. Mr. Waldon introduced Ken Redfoot to walk them through a couple of concepts they've put together and they hoped to follow that with discussion and get direction from the Board on where they would like this to go. Following is the PowerPoint presentation as reviewed by Mr. Walden: Southern Orange County Government Services Campus Master Plan Background Information and Draft Concept Plans August 21, 2012 Orange County Board of County Commissioners Presentation Objectives • Project Fundamentals • Background and Existing Information for Site • Concept Plan Options • BOCC Discussion and Direction • Project Fundamentals: Purpose • Develop and Adopt Master Plan � Supportive of County government services ➢ In Southern Orange County ➢ Centralized, convenient, accessible, co-located � Phased Plan � Design Guidelines Obtain Development Approval from TOCH � Special Use Permit Modification Project Fundamentals: Schedule • Tonight: Presentation of Project, Principles, Options • September 4: Public Information Meeting � Cor�4omhor ��: Chapel Hill Town Council Discussion (TBD)