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3 <br />up thereby allowing the County to finance new projects and still remain within its current <br />Debt Management Policy. <br />Tonight's review offers the Board an opportunity to provide direction to staff on how to move <br />forward in developing plans to fund unfunded County and Schools' capital needs for the <br />period 2008-18. <br />3. Options for Meeting Current and Future Space Needs for Department of Social <br />Services (DSS) and Health Department <br />Tonight's Objective: For the Board to provide specific direction regarding DSS and <br />Health space needs so that staff can develop materials for the Board to approve at <br />their March 6, 2008 meeting. <br />Over the last year, staff has explored a number of options to meet State space mandates <br />and accommodate growing programs and clinics of the Department of Social Services and <br />Health Department. During the month of January 2008, staff discussed three options with <br />the Board for meeting current as well as future space needs for those departments: <br />• Lease/purchase of the Hillsborough Commons shopping center (lease old Wal- <br />Mart space for DSS/potentially purchase facility in 2012) <br />• Construction of a 50,000 square foot facility at the Southern Human Services site <br />as quickly as debt capacity will allow <br />• Construction of an addition to the existing Southern Human Services Center as <br />quickly as debt capacity will allow, with the eventual construction of a 50,000 <br />square foot facility for use by the Department of Social Services in the future <br />Tonight's work session offers an additional occasion for the Board to discuss resolutions to <br />solving the current space limitations. <br />Attachments 5 and Attachment 6 of this agenda abstract provide staff responses to <br />questions Commissioner Gordon raised during the January 29, 2008 work session <br />regarding these solutions. With direction provided by the Board tonight, staff will be able to <br />develop materials for the Board to approve at their March 6, 2008 meeting. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Included in attachments and background materials. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County <br />Commissioners: <br />1. Review information provided at the October 18, 2007 work session Attachment 1) <br />and preview preliminary budget drivers that will likely impact development of the <br />County's annual operating budget for fiscal year 2008-09 (Attachment 2). <br />2. Provide direction on funding unfunded County and Schools' projects for the period <br />2008-18 <br />3. Provide direction regarding DSS and Health space needs so that staff can develop <br />materials for the Board to approve at their March 6, 2008 meeting