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13 1 VOTE: Ayes, 6; Nays, 1 (Commissioner Rich) 2 3 MOTION PASSES 6-1 4 5 b. Cedar Grove Community Center Construction Bid Award and Approval of Budget 6 Amendment #6-B 7 The Board considered: 1) Awarding a bid to Raccanelli Construction South, Inc. of Apex, 8 North Carolina in the amount of$2,311,900 for the construction of the Cedar Grove Community 9 Center; 2) Approving Budget Amendment#6-B in the amount of$104,000 from the Roofing 10 Projects Capital Project (related to the unused funds for the Northside Human Services Center) 11 to the Cedar Grove Capital Project to provide contingency funds for the project (if necessary); 12 3) Authorizing the Chair to sign the necessary paperwork upon final review of the County 13 Attorney; and 4) Authorizing the County Manager to execute change orders for the project up to 14 the project budget. 15 Jeff Thompson said Raccanelli South is the lowest responsive bidder, and if the Board 16 approves this award, the construction should start in early April. He walked through several 17 slides of the site plan and the improvements. He said the building will be kept in very good 18 working order, with the community center in the middle and the mothballed wings serving as 19 storage or other uses currently being discussed by the workgroup. He said the truck dock 20 access really opens up the southern wing for storage and economic development use. 21 He said the plan is for an 8 month construction period and a projected opening for 22 spring of 2016. 23 24 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Rich for the 25 Board to: 26 27 1) Award a bid to Raccanelli Construction South, Inc. of Apex, North Carolina in the amount of 28 $2,311,900 for the construction of the Cedar Grove Community Center; 29 2) Approve Budget Amendment#6-B in the amount of$104,000 from the Roofing Projects 30 Capital Project (related to the unused funds for the Northside Human Services Center) to the 31 Cedar Grove Capital Project to provide contingency funds for the project (if necessary); 32 3) Authorize the Chair to sign the necessary paperwork upon final review of the County 33 Attorney; and 34 4) Authorize the County Manager to execute change orders for the project up to the project 35 budget. 36 37 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 38 39 c. 2015 Orange Public Transportation Title VI Plan 40 The Board considered: 1) Adopting a resolution approving and authorizing the draft of 41 the 2015 Orange Public Transportation Title VI Plan/Program, and 2) Authorize the Orange 42 County Transportation Planning staff to submit the plan to the North Carolina Department of 43 Transportation and Federal Transit Administration. 44 Bret Martin said the Title VI plan is a federal requirement for Orange Public 45 Transportation (OPT) to remain eligible for federal transit funding. He said the federal 46 guidelines lay out the requirements of the plan, including specific information that must be 47 disseminated to the public related to their rights; complaint procedures and forms; public 48 outreach plans to engage minority and non-English speaking populations; plan for assistance to 49 those populations; and a racial breakdown of the OUTBoard members. He said the NC DOT 50 has given OPT a deadline of the end of March to submit the plan.