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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-d <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 17, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: LEASE APPROVAL; PARENTING EDUCATION INITIATIVE OFFICE SPACE <br /> DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No <br /> CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Draft lease Pam Jones, ext 2650 <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, ext 2800 <br /> Telephone Number- <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving a lease for office space to be used by the Prenting <br /> Education Initiative (PEI). <br /> BACKGROUND: The Parenting Education Initiatve (PEI) has previously been funded <br /> through the, now defunct, Hearth Foundation. In the interest of program continuity, the <br /> County has opted to support the program through its Department of Social Services through <br /> at least June 30, 1996. The Board would be asked to consider whether the County should <br /> continue this level of support past the June 30, 1996 date should it become necessray. <br /> The PEI has been located at the property known as "The White House" located adjacent <br /> to Chuck's Quick Stop, Inc. on Highway 86 at Blackwood Stion since it's inception. The <br /> program leases two offices in the house, with the rest of the house bieng leased by a dare <br /> care program called 'The Family Farm". <br /> The PEI desires to contiue operations in the proposed leased premises. <br /> Highlights of the draft lease attached to this abstract include the following: <br /> Lease two offices; <br /> • Two parking spaces included; <br /> ► Term of lease to be November 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997, with a three year <br /> extension option at the County's discretion; <br /> $400 per month rental; <br />