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• Potential use of motion sensors and automatic cut off devices for sinks, lavatories and toilets. • T-8 energy efficient florescent lights. • Compact florescent fixtures in lieu of incandescent fixtures. • Use of motion sensors in lieu. of switches for lights. Additional sustainable elements may be bid as alternatives during the construction process as the County chooses. While these are elements that are added into the building construction, environmental considerations were given equal attention during the siting of the building. For example: • The site provides County employees and those availing themselves of County services the opportunity to walk to and from other downtown county campus buildings, restaurants, the proposed Weaver Street Market, retail stores, a hardware store, a pharmacy, and to otherwise avoid the use of their cars during the work day. It also connects to the proposed "Riverwalk", a Town trail system that will be adjacent to the new complex and accessible by a short walk; and • The development of the site will include a stormwater control system to detain the storm runoff to preconstruction conditions. In addition, the controls will filter the water to remove nitrogen contents prior to releasing back into the natural hydrology (especially important because of the proximity of the properties to the Eno River). This will be accomplished by underground sand filtering and storage. Collected water will be reused; and • By using multi-story buildings, the size of the footprint and the amount of land disturbance is minimized. Use of the Space Space Study recommendations will be presented to the Board of Commissioners during a work session on November 9. The preliminary recommendations achieve consolidation of land services departments including Planning and Inspections, Environmental Health, Register of Deeds, Land Records/GIS, Tax Assessor, Revenue, County Engineer and Economic Development to the Gateway and County office buildings. The Personnel Department- will also be relocated to these facilities. The main Library will be relocated from the Whitted Building. County Commissioners will discuss allocation options for the new space as well as the options for backfilling the vacated space during the November 9 work session. Construction Manager at Risk (CM at Risk) Contracting The Project would be constructed by Telesis as a Construction Manager at Risk (CM at Risk) to the County. Under this construction method, the CM at Risk constructs the project for the .County while observing the public bidding requirements as the law dictates. The Legislature authorized use of CM at Risk for local governments in 2001. Several local governments have utilized this method of contracting with success. Dare County, for example, recently completed its new Justice Facility via a CM at Risk contract. In the case of the Project, use of a CM at Risk contract meets the needs of Telesis in constructing the space, while facilitating an extraordinary opportunity for the County to meet its long-term space needs. Orange County is currently employing the CM at Risk concept in developing the Central Orange Senior Center. The CM at Risk method of contracting (G.S. 143-128.1) requires that the public owner contract directly with the design professionals.. The design professionals associated with this project include the following: