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Commissioner Price asked if there was anything broken with the current system. <br /> Frank Clifton said they go through comparative bids on a regular basis to ensure <br /> employees are getting the best rates for insurance. <br /> 3. To Continue Review and Discussion of the Manager's Recommended FY 2013-18 <br /> Capital Investment Plan <br /> Paul Laughton said he wanted to present items on questions from their last meeting and <br /> they are bullet points on the first page of the abstract and shown below: <br /> - Attachment A reflects a comparison by Function of the Manager's <br /> Recommended 2013-18 CIP with the FY 2012-17 and FY 2011-16 Capital Investment <br /> Plan <br /> - Attachment B provides a summary of a proposed Agricultural, Environment, <br /> and Parks Center at Blackwood Farm Park, including a permanent Parks Operations <br /> Base, to be phased in over a three-year period (FY 2015-16 through FY 2017-18). See <br /> page 37 in the CIP document for a complete funding scenario for this building and park <br /> facilities. <br /> Chair Jacobs gave some review and direction about the process tonight. <br /> Paul Laughton said the intent was to bring information items back on the bulleted items <br /> and then a Triangle Sportsplex presentation on the new programs and expansion, and then <br /> they will move into the notebook and go through each project as needed. <br /> Paul Laughton made reference to Attachment B and the proposed Blackwood Farm <br /> Park Ag, Environment and Parks Center. It is proposed to be two phases. This is outlined on <br /> page 37 of the CIP notebook. The projected cost is $5,300,000. <br /> Chair Jacobs said he brought up two years ago the prospect of using a bond on a past <br /> project. He said in the past the County started putting together a bond package six months to <br /> a year before a project begins. He said this is a project that would be suitable for a bond <br /> project. This property was bought with bond funds. <br /> Frank Clifton said the time is approaching for that thought process of a potential bond <br /> to move forward. <br /> Commissioner Price said there is a recommendation to move offices from Revere Road <br /> to Blackwood Farm and she asked when this was decided. <br /> Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) Director Dave <br /> Stancil said in the master plan there was a vision in it for a parks operation base but that pre- <br /> dated what there is now. There was an Ag Center Work Group that thought this was a good <br /> location for an Ag Center and he said their department has grown and so then there was a <br /> strong synergy to have all like departments to be in the same vicinity. He said no decision has <br /> been made yet. All of the agricultural agencies identified this as a suitable site for the offices. <br /> Chair Jacobs said there was a jump from mentioning this idea to a proposal in the CIP. <br /> He said the Board has not had a discussion yet. <br /> Frank Clifton said this is one of the few sites in Orange County that has water and <br /> sewer. He said the County Commissioners asked the staff to evaluate the prospect of a <br /> county fair. The thought is that this is a potential site. <br /> Chair Jacobs said there is not a smooth way to get things from staff conception to the <br /> CIP yet. <br /> Paul Laughton made reference to page 2 of the agenda abstract and the things being <br /> brought back from the March work session, and referenced the material in Attachment B that is <br /> related to the Science Wing at Culbreth Middle School. <br />