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Paul Laughton reviewed the changes to the following items: Southern Branch Library—funding of$600,000 was approved in FY 2013-14 for possible land purchase; Design and engineering work of$525,000 is included in Year 2 (FY 2015-16), and construction costs of$7,000,000 and $755,000 in equipment and furnishings are included in Year 3 (FY 2016-17). Note: this project moves up one year from the current CIP. Proposed Jail- total project costs of$30,000,000, with site related planning costs of $500,000 recommended in Year 2 (FY 2015-16), architectural/engineering costs of$500,000 in Year 3 (FY 2016-17), with the construction of a new 250 bed jail recommended in Year 4 (FY 2017-18) at an estimated cost of$29,000,000. Emergency Services Substations - funding for this project will enable the construction of 4 new co-built EMS stations and 2 stand-alone substations in geographical areas across the County that will help reduce response times, which averaged 9:45 at the end of 2013. Year 2 (FY 2015-16) includes $1.2 million for 2 co-builds, one with the Town of Chapel Hill in the Glen Lennox area, and one with the Town of Hillsborough in the Waterstone development area. Year 3 (FY 2016-17) includes $1.2 million for 2 additional co-builds, one with the Town of Chapel Hill in the Weaver Dairy/MLK area or Franklin Street/Elliott Road area, and one with the Town of Hillsborough in a northern location yet to be identified. Also, includes $1.5 million in Year 5 (FY 2018-19) and in Years 6-10 for stand-alone substations. Paul Laughton said this is a change in the approach, to eventually include 4 co-builds and 2 stand-alones, for an increase to 6 substations. He said this is on page 6 of the abstract. Commissioner McKee said he was familiar with the discussions ongoing with Chapel Hill and Hillsborough regarding proposed stations, but he would like to know how far along and how firm the plans are for the proposed station in northern Hillsborough. Jim Groves said there is a lot of interest in Station One in downtown Churton Street, and there are agreements to build the new Waterston station. He feels much more certain about Waterstone than Northside, but something will eventually have to be done about Station One due to traffic and growth issues. Commissioner McKee said he understands the rationale for the station at Waterstone, but he has not heard any comments about the Northern site and he questions the validity of this. Jim Groves said this came from discussions with the Chief about potential build options. He said the intent is there to do this, and the goal is to be able to do it if the opportunity arises. Commissioner McKee asked for an update on the successes that have been seen with co-location and where the proposed co-locations are. Jim Groves said there are currently co-locations with the town of Carrboro, Orange Rural Fire Department at Phelps Road, and the Orange Grove Fire Company. He said there is also an agreement to move into the New Hope station, though there is a little work to be done to make this livable. He said there are conversations with Eno and Efland, who are both amenable to co-locate if it makes sense operationally. Commissioner McKee said the community feedback he is hearing is overwhelmingly positive. He said the residents in Orange Grove were thrilled. He asked for information on how it is working from a departmental standpoint.