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1 r ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. /0-0 SUBJECT: Triangle SportsPlex Operations DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/l) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/l) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Orange County Community Activity George Horton, Chair, OCCAC , 732-5055 Corporation(OCCAC) Report Robert Sealock, Director, OCCAC, 966-1272 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 9684501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Orange County Community Activity Corporation (OCCAC) Board of Directors concerning operations and programs at the Triangle SportsPlex in Hillsborough. BACKGROUND: In April 1995,the 80,000 square foot Triangle SportsPlex opened its doors at the Meadowlands in Hillsborough. Among other services,the SportsPlex provides an indoor aquatics complex with competition,recreation, and wading pools; a full size rink for ice skating and hockey; and a fitness center with cardiovascular and weight training equipment. The County and OCCAC have an operating agreement under which the County pays $400,000 annually for 10 years to the SportsPlex,which provides a comprehensive aquatics recreational program. After the construction debt for this facility is paid,title to the facility will pass to Orange County under the terms of the financing arrangement under which the facility was capitalized. The Orange County Board of Commissioners appoint one less than a majority of members to the OCCAC Board of Directors, under the terms of the agreement between the County and the OCCAC. In addition to the attached report, an oral presentation will be made by the Board of Directors and Recreational Management Services Corporation(RMSC), which has been operating the SportsPlex since June 1996 under an agreement with the OCCAC. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information.