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4 ATTACHMENT 1 � MEMORANDUM TO: Frank Clifton, County Manager ' FROM: Michael Talbert, Assistant County Manager ' Pam Jones, Asset Management Director David Stancil, Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation Director DATE: June 12, 2012 SUBJECT: Northern Human Services Center (NHSC) Project - Status Report The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an update on the NHSC project, results of the March community input session, and planned next steps. The Board may find this information of use as it completes deliberation on the FY 2012-13 Budget and the 2012-17 Capital Investment Plan (CIP). The Manager's Recommended CIP includes $250,000 in FY 2012-13 for preparation of the NHSC site for future use, which may involve full or partial deconstruction/demolition of the existing 1950 structure, and $2.0 million in FY 2014-15 for construction of a new facility at the site. Background As brief background, the former Northern Human Services Center is located at 5800 NC 86 North, approximately seven miles north of Hillsborough in Cedar Grove Township. The land for the school was conveyed by the Vincent family in 1946, and ' the school was constructed in 1950 (with a 1957 kitchen addition) as the African- American school for this part of the county. With school integration in the late-1960's, the Orange County Board of Education consolidated schools, and the building and eight-acre property was transferred to Orange County in August 1976. This deed included a stipulation that the property ', must be used "for a public purpose" or ownership would revert back to the Board of Education. By the mid-1980's, the facility was in use for a variety of County � , purposes, which over the years have included, but are not limited to social services, a branch library, Durham Tech classes, a variety of child care services and Head Start programs and a variety of recreation classes and programs.