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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 17, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 -d <br />SUBJECT: Review of Proposed Operations Agreement for the Rogers Road Community <br />Center <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Proposed Operations Agreement: <br />Rogers Road Community Center <br />2) RENA Neighborhood Community <br />Center Business Plan <br />3) Area Locator <br />4) Lease Agreement with Habitat for <br />Humanity, Orange County, NC, <br />Incorporated <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Roberts 245 -2318 <br />Michael Talbert, 245 -2308 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a presentation, review, and provide feedback on the proposed <br />Operations Agreement (Attachment 1) with Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) <br />for the day to day operations of the Rogers Road Community Center. <br />BACKGROUND: On January 24, 2013 the BOCC authorized Orange County staff to move <br />forward with the development and construction of the Rogers Road Community Center located <br />on two lots within the Phoenix Place neighborhood owned by Habitat for Humanity. <br />On June 18, 2013 the Board approved "A Lease Agreement with Habitat for Humanity of <br />Orange County" (Attachment 4). Habitat will lease the site to Orange County for an initial term <br />of twenty (20) years with the optional renewal for up to four (4) twenty (20) year terms. The <br />County will pay Habitat $1 per year as rental for the premises. The site is depicted on <br />Attachment 3, "Area Locator ". <br />The County engaged Perkins + Will Architects as the designer for the project. Perkins + Will <br />are performing these professional services for the County on a Pro Bono basis. Joe Wagner <br />and Patric LeBeau, representing Perkins + Will, presented the project renderings to the Board <br />on April 9, 2013 (see Attachment 2). The Board approved the schematic design and authorized <br />the Manager to award a bid for construction and any unforeseen conditions change orders for <br />the Community Center in an amount not -to- exceed the approved budget of $650,000. The <br />project is currently out to bid, with sealed bids scheduled to be opened on September 17, 2013. <br />On September 5, 2013 the Board extended the Manager's authorization to award the <br />construction contract for the Rogers Road Community Center through September 29, 2013. <br />