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PURPOSE: To continue review and discussion of the Manager's Recommended FY 2013 -18 Capital Investment Plan. BACKGROUND: For over 20 years, the County has produced a Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that establishes a budget planning guide related to capital needs for the County as well as Schools. The current CIP consists of a 5 -year plan that is evaluated annually to include year -to- year changes in priorities, needs, and available resources. The FY 2013 -18 CIP includes County Projects, School Projects, Proprietary Projects, and Special Revenue Projects. The Proprietary Projects include Water and Sewer, Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, and Sportsplex projects. The Special Revenue Projects include Economic Development and School related projects funded from the Article 46 (1/4 cent) Sales Tax proceeds. The Article 46 Sales Tax was approved by voters in the November 2011 election, and became effective April 1, 2012. The CIP has been prepared anticipating slow economic growth of between 1 -2% annually over the next five years. Many of the projects in the CIP will rely on debt financing to fund the p roj ects. The Manager's Recommended FY 2013 -18 Capital Investment Plan was presented to the Board of County Commissioners on March 12, 2013, and follow -up discussion occurred as part of the April 11, 2013 work session. At tonight's meeting, staff is prepared to review and discuss individual projects by each Section of the document. The following items were discussed at the April 11th meeting, and below are provided possible project funding scenarios for discussion at tonight's meeting: (these will be reviewed during discussion within the applicable Section of the document) • Attachment reflects a revised Whitted Building Project by moving construction funds from FY 2015 -16 (Year 3) to FY 2013 -14 (Year 1), and reduces the cost of design work from $150,000 to $100,000. • Attachment B reflects a revised Southern Library Project by moving professional services cost of $525,000 from FY 2015 -16 (Year 3) to FY 2016 -17 (Year 4) and moving construction funds of $3,500,000 from FY 2016 -17 (Year 4) to FY 2017 -18 (Year 5) and $3,500,000 from FY 2017 -18 (Year 5) to Year 6. • Attachment C reflects a revised Schools Capital Projects Summary by including the Culbreth Middle School Science Wing Addition and delaying Middle School #5 by two (2) years, as presented as scenario #2 at the April 25, 2013 Joint Meeting with the Schools. Attachment D reflects a revised Communications System Improvements Project. At the March 19, 2013 BOCC meeting, the BOCC approved Budget Amendment #8 -A for the purchase of twenty -seven portable radios at a discounted cost of $89,077. With this purchase, the $143,000 currently in FY 2013 -14 for 800 Mhz Radios can be reduced by $123,000 from this project. NOTE: On the April 11, 2013 agenda abstract, it was noted that all $143,000 could be removed from the project, but $20,000 needs to remain in the project for the purchase of a repeater. At the same meeting, the BOCC approved Budget Amendment #8 -B to purchase eleven P25 Compliant radio consoles in the 9 -1 -1 Center with a 30% down payment in the current fiscal