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1 ' ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 5, 1997 Action Agenda Item No. O-b SUBJECT: Capital Needs Advisory Task Force Final Report DEPARTMENT: Budget/County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Task Force Report Sally Kost, Budget Director ext 2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive the final report and recommendations from the Capital Needs Advisory Task Force. BACKGROUND: In January 1997,the Board of Commissioners appointed a task force of citizens to review the County's long-range capital funding plan, and to make recommendations to the Board of Commissioners regarding elements and size of the proposed November 1997 bond referendum for Schools and County capital projects. The task force met eight times from early February to mid-April. At its final meeting, the Task Force voted 14-3 to recommend that the Board of Commissioners pursue a November 1997 bond referendum of roughly $60 million. Details of the projects and amounts recommended for inclusion in the bond are contained in the attached task force report. A minority opinion, along with an appendix of amplifying comments from various task force members, is also included. Task Force Chair Bob Seymour, along with other task force members, can respond to Board questions about the review process and the specific project recommendations. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the report as information, and provide direction to staff concerning how the task force recommendations should be incorporated into the 1997-2007 Capital Improvements Plan,which will be presented in late May.