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16 1 Commissioner Gordon asked about the location of the carwash. 2 Jeff Thompson said this is on the eastern border of the site. He said it is currently used 3 for storage, but it is unorganized and this is being worked on. He said there is adequate ceiling 4 height for significant storage. 5 Commissioner Gordon said the storage items might be able to be moved to this building. 6 She suggested that if the cost is the same, the grocery store can give way to a new building. 7 Commissioner McKee said he is not sure they are saving anything. He finds it 8 interesting that this is being presented as a savings over a very tenuous proposal at Blackwood 9 Farm, instead of a doubling of the cost of repair. He said he has only heard one comment 10 associated with the repair and upgrade. 11 Michael Talbert asked Jeff Thompson to speak about the format of a $1.4 million 12 renovation and what this would buy them. 13 Jeff Thompson said the roof would be a 20 -25 year buy; the HVAC would be a 12 to 15 14 year buy; the park would be a 12 -15 year buy; and the minor fagade changes could be kept up 15 with the maintenance budget. He said there is certainly an alternative to maintain what we 16 have. 17 Chair Jacobs asked that staff bring back multiple alternatives. 18 Commissioner Gordon suggested that staff should bring back the details of the basis for 19 their estimates. 20 Chair Jacobs referred to the Southern Branch Library, as listed on page 24 of the CIP. 21 He said this is listed at $8.25 million, and he does not think this is a realistic number. He said 22 maybe this is because of past discussions of a 20,000 square foot library, but if a 20,000 23 square foot library is not being built, it should not be funded as such. He said if this issue 24 needs to be voted on, it should be added to an agenda for vote. 25 Commissioner Dorosin asked Chair Jacobs if he was saying the number is 26 unrealistically high. 27 Chair Jacobs replied yes. He does not think the Board ever envisioned a 20,000 square 28 foot library with associated parking, but that was what kept being proposed, although it was not 29 the Commissioner's recommendation. He said the same was true of the idea of demolishing 30 the building at Cedar Grove. 31 Michael Talbert said this is the best number staff has at this point. He said the Board 32 has not re- visited this issue since it was introduced three years ago. He said staff may be in a 33 position to improve on this in June if the potential Carrboro location works out. He said staff 34 can then come back and adjust these numbers. He said it would be premature to adjust this 35 now. 36 Chair Jacobs said there should be a vote this fiscal year so that more direction can be 37 given. He said this is operating on an assumption that the Board has never embraced or voted 38 on. 39 Commissioner Pelissier said she was operating under the assumption that the goal was 40 to have a 10,000 square foot library with the potential to expand to 20,000 square feet as 41 population grows. She would like to have some idea of when the additional square footage 42 might be needed. She said it sounds like the current proposed site would not even allow this 43 expansion. 44 Chair Jacobs said the point is whether $7 million is really needed in year three 45 Michael Talbert agreed, but said this is a fair number until other sites are ruled out. 46 Chair Jacobs said this will then affect all of the other fiscal projections. 47 Commissioner Gordon asked when the Board will know this information. 48 Jeff Thompson said the Board will have a work session on June 13th to hear the results 49 of the public process and the physical due diligence. He said there will also be a closed 50 session regarding the state of the negotiations for the transaction structure.