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IX 7 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 29, 2000 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. I -Q <br /> SUBJECT: Authorization to Purchase Property and Pursue Financing and Renovation <br /> Efforts at 228 South Churton Street <br /> DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Services, Budget, Finance <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Reimbursement Resolution Pam Jones 245-2652 <br /> Capital Project Ordinance Donna Dean 245-2151 <br /> Ken Chavious 245-2453 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider the following actions: <br /> 1. Authorize the purchase of 228 S. Churton Street, Hillsborough for use as offices for the <br /> Department of Purchasing and Central Services; and <br /> 2. Authorize Manager to contract for professional services as may be necessary to carry out <br /> the retrofit of the space; <br /> 3. Authorize the Purchasing Director to award bids for renovation work that would be above her <br /> approval limit but are necessary to commence between July 1, 2000 and August 15, 2000; <br /> and to report same to the Board of Commissioners; <br /> 4. Approve a Reimbursement Resolution; <br /> 5. Approve the capital project ordinance to support such action. <br /> BACKGROUND: As the Board knows, the County has been diligently seeking an alternative <br /> location for the offices of the Department of Purchasing and Central Services for over a year. <br /> The Department is presently located in space leased from the Sprint Telephone Company, <br /> whose space needs now require that they not lease out the area used by the County. <br />