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establishing potential bond categories and amounts and consider staff's initial <br />estimate of the potential tax rate impacts from the debt service of approximately <br />$125 million for the total bond package. <br />Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br />discuss issues related to this item as necessary. <br />No Attachments <br />2. Discussion on Town and County Properties <br />a) Town Hall/Visitors Bureau /Skills Development Center <br />Beginning in 2012, the Town of Chapel Hill began exploring its real property holdings <br />to determine if there were any properties that could be used differently to meet a <br />community need or were potentially disposable. One of the properties identified was <br />the former Town Hall located at 100 W. Rosemary Street. Town staff has explored a <br />variety of options for how the property could be repurposed when its current tenants, <br />the Inter -Faith Council, relocated its shelter and community kitchen. Options <br />included selling the property to a developer, engaging a private sector partner to <br />potentially redevelop the property and surrounding properties for public and /or <br />private use, or repurposing the building to serve other community functions and <br />making the building a "destination point." <br />The Chapel Hill Town Council expressed interest in determining what other potential <br />community purposes the building might serve, specifically discussing the possibility <br />of partnering with Orange County and to use a portion of the building to house the <br />Visitors Bureau. The idea is that a more central downtown location in the historic <br />building might be a more attractive and easy to find destination for visitors to Chapel <br />Hill and Orange County. <br />If the County and Town decide to pursue partnering in this way and the Visitors <br />Bureau relocated, the County and Town would also have an opportunity to rethink <br />how the vacated space at the Skills Development Center could be used. One <br />possibility that has been discussed is using the space to expand LaUNCh, the <br />downtown start -up accelerator. The County's Space Study Work Group is assessing <br />its properties in part to inform the ongoing Capital Investment Planning process, <br />including the Visitor's Bureau and Skills Development properties. It will present its <br />findings and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners in April of this <br />year. <br />Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br />discuss issues related to this item as necessary. <br />No Attachments <br />