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Commissioner Dorosin asked if there is a legal obligation to continue allocating this bond money to this project. Commissioner Gordon said the Board has an ethical obligation, since the voters voted for this bond. She said there were some rough patches with financing, and therefore some Lands Legacy funding was deferred; but she feels there is still an ethical obligation to come through with this funding. Commissioner Dorosin said there is not a legal obligation. Commissioner Gordon said there is not a legal obligation with any bond, but there is an ethical obligation. Paul Laughton said the increase to the Eubanks Road Convenience Center improvements will bring the total cost to $2.4 million. He said much of this is dealing with the moving of the scale house operations and the associated site improvements. He said this includes extension of water and sewer, additional storm water structures, 2 additional compactors and a larger household hazardous waste building. Paul Laughton referred to the Sportsplex improvements. He said there are details in the abstract that present some compelling revenue numbers. He said phase 1 would be done in 2014/15, moving right into phases 2 and 3 in year 2. He said the cost is the same, with $950,000 for the first phase and $2.8 million for the next two phases. He referred to the changes to schools. He said the move back for the middle school is related to the addition of the Culbreth science wing. He said the Cedar Ridge High School addition was put in the plan for discussion, but the SAPFO numbers say this is not needed until 2022-23. Paul Laughton reviewed the new projects slide. He said the Main Library remodel focuses on upfits to four main areas. He said one immediate need is that some of the shelving units have height and safety issues. He said this may be seen in the recurring capital library budget for next year. He said this is an $11,000 project. Commissioner Gordon asked why this new library would need remodeling. Paul Laughton said this was based on a study that identified four areas for re-design. He said this is outlined on page 26 of the CIP. He read some of this language. Paul Laughton said the Historic Rogers Road Community Center infrastructure is $3,025,000 allocated in year 2. Commissioner Dorosin asked about the ADA improvements and whether these improvements are scattered sites. Jeff Thompson said there are five or six different buildings funded in the CIP for this. Commissioner Price asked if there is a way of collapsing the timeframe to be ADA compliant Jeff Thompson said a lot of the ADA issues are not code requirements, but they are convenience requirements Commissioner Price asked if this can be moved up in the CIP. Paul Laughton said a lot of these items are small funding amounts. He said the total for a ten year project is only $175,000. Chair Jacobs agreed with a shorter time frame. He said he brings this up every year. Paul Laughton noted an increase to the Efland Sewer project, based on design changes. He said the economic development utility extension project has $250,000 allocated in year 1 and year 2 as a placeholder for projects being considered but not finalized. He said if no project develops, this money would be rolled into future years to be used as needed. He referred to the appendices section of the document and said the first section on page 108 separates out the general funds and debt capacity. He said this plan remains under the 15 percent debt capacity throughout the 5 year CIP period and then reaches 15.44 percent