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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 3,2006 <br />Action Agen a <br />Item No. - G. <br />SUBJECT: Homestead Road Campus Master Plan Approval <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing, ERCD, Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Unadopted 1998 SHSC Master Plan <br />2) 2006 Proposed Master Plan Map <br />3) Site Pros/Cons <br />4) Cultural & Archaeological Survey Map <br />5) Cultural & Archaeological Executive <br />Summary <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, Purchasing & Central <br />Services, 245-2652 <br />David Stancil, ERCD, 245-2590 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning, 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a conceptual master plan for the Southern Human Services <br />Center (SHSC) property. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1992, the County purchased 34.1 acres of property at 2501 Homestead <br />Road, Chapel Hill to serve as the County campus in southern Orange County. The most <br />compelling need at the time was the consolidation of County human services departments <br />located in various buildings throughout Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Under an approved Special <br />Use Permit issued by the Town of Chapel Hill in 1994, the County built an approximately 28,500 <br />square foot building and co-located the departments of Health, Social Services, Housing and <br />Child Support Enforcement. The concept master plan presented to the Board previously . <br />indicates that there is an expansion area to the east of this building, sufficient to essentially <br />double the size of the building in a two-level addition. (Attachment #1: Bldg Area #5) Further, <br />there is a smaller footprint to the south of the building for the addition of a Dental Clinic <br />(Attachment #1: Bldg area 6) <br />In 1995, the Interfaith Council (IFC) approached the County requesting land upon which to <br />construct Project Homestart, which provides alternatives for homeless families in transition and <br />battered women seeking refuge. The County granted a 25-year lease for three acres of <br />property in the northwest corner of the site, upon which IFC constructed these facilities. A <br />modification of the County's SUP was approved by the Town of Chapel Hill at the time of this <br />construction. <br />In 2004, the Board considered alternatives in the siting of the Seymour Senior Center on this <br />campus. At that time, the conceptual master plan reflected four potential available building <br />sites. However, during the deliberations regarding the senior center, the Board agreed to <br />establish nature conservation areas in the southwest corner of the site in order to preserve <br />valuable hardwoods (Attachment 1: Former Building Area #1 and #2) This eliminated two <br />