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- Background <br /> - Summary of Carrboro Suggested Site Evaluation <br /> ■ 301 West Main Street (Town Hall) <br /> ■ 401 Fidelity Street <br /> ■ 1128 Hillsborough Street <br /> - BOCC Feedback and Guidance <br /> - BOCC authorization to present to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br /> Jeff Thompson, Asset Management Services Director continued the presentation of <br /> slides as follows <br /> • Background: <br /> - Southern Library Intent <br /> ■ Full service library <br /> ■ Potential 20,000 square foot, single level facility <br /> ■ Serving residents in southern Orange County <br /> ■ 2016-17 CIP <br /> - BOCC Establishment of Site Selection Criteria with Carrboro Input— 9118112 <br /> - Carrboro Aldermen site suggestions— three sites— 1216112 <br /> • Preliminary Evaluation Summary: <br /> - Initial Staff Review: <br /> • Literature Review <br /> • Site Visits <br /> • No Technical Analysis <br /> ■ (Survey, Soils, Environmental, Appraisal, Title, etc.) <br /> - Town Hall not viable <br /> • Expense <br /> • Parking Displacement/Limits <br /> • Displacement of existing services (Market Shelters, Government <br /> Services, etc.) <br /> • Unknown and/or Limited Expansion Potential <br /> • Town Hall: (map) <br /> • Staff Opinion for Continued Technical Site Review &Assessment: <br /> - 401 Fidelity& 1128 Hillsborough Sites are both viable and warrant technical <br /> analysis <br /> • Good access to public transportation <br /> • Utility Availability <br /> • Adequate land area <br /> • Similar zoning review process <br /> • Proximity to existing population <br /> • Reasonable acquisition cost <br /> • Staff Opinion for Continued Technical Site Review &Assessment: <br /> - Staff prefers 1128 Hillsborough: <br /> ■ Reasonable existing site conditions <br />