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1 <br /> ORD-2014-013 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 1, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-e <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Budget Amendment#6-A Reallocating Current Available County <br /> Capital Funds to Proposed New County Capital Project <br /> DEPARTMENT: Department of Environment, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Agriculture, Parks and <br /> Recreation (DEAPR) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> David Stancil, 245-2510 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #6-A reallocating $55,000 in current available <br /> County Capital funds to a newly created County Capital Project. <br /> BACKGROUND: As noted in the draft Parks and Recreation Master Plan 2030, a number of <br /> the County's park facilities (and future park sites) are approaching the age of 10-15 years. <br /> Accordingly, facility repairs and site management work is beginning to accumulate in a manner <br /> that warrants a new capital project to address these items. Existing funds of smaller amounts <br /> exist in a number of completed park capital projects, and staff is proposing to transfer these <br /> residual amounts to the proposed new "Park and Recreation Facility Renovations and Repairs" <br /> project to address existing needs that can be handled in the current fiscal year. This will require <br /> the Board to approve Budget Amendment #6-A to move the funds from their current completed <br /> projects to the proposed new project. <br /> Examples of the types of work that will be needed include: <br /> • Resurfacing of courts and tracks <br /> • Replacement of park signs <br /> • Culvert repair <br /> • Trash and debris removal <br /> • Replace stair rails, bollards and fencing <br /> • Gutters on picnic shelters and drainage work <br /> • Xeriscaping, and <br /> • Security cameras and other security features <br /> DEAPR staff has worked with Financial Services to develop a list of work projects both for the <br /> current fiscal year 2013-14 (to be addressed by the transfer of funds proposed herein) and for <br /> needs in future fiscal years (which will be funded through the recommended Capital Investment <br /> Plan (CIP). Accordingly, there is a new CIP project for items in future years included in the <br />