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10 <br />1 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said the Chapel Hill Court Facility discussion was a Chapel Hill <br />2 <br />initiative years ago. He said all facilities were reviewed and no alternative plan for the court <br />3 <br />facility has been put forward. <br />4 <br />Sheriff Blackwoodsaid hehas not had any conversations with anyonein Chapel Hill <br />5 <br />about moving the facility orthe Town taking it back from the County. <br />6 <br />Sheriff Blackwood said thespace study was interesting to be part of,andhe <br />7 <br />commended everyone that was involved in this process. <br />8 <br />9 <br />David Stancil continued thePowerPoint presentation: <br />10 <br />11 <br />Community Centers Subgroup <br />12 <br />ConstraintsOpportunities <br />13 <br />-- <br />Current centers (includingCedar Renovation of Efland/Cheeks <br />14 <br />Grove under construction)built to Community Center <br />15 <br />different standard and scale <br />16 <br />-- <br />Community centers may span a Continue developing and defining <br />17 <br />variety of needs to be addressedcommunity center services and <br />18 <br />facilities <br />19 <br />-- <br />Gymnasium spaceSportsplex Field House addressed <br />20 <br />In CIP; more collaboration with <br />21 <br />School gymnasium space <br />22 <br />23 <br />Jeff Thomspon said the CIP items related to Community Centers areembedded in this <br />24 <br />part of the presentation. He reviewed the following information, as contained in the abstract: <br />25 <br />26 <br />County Capital projects (associated with the Space Study discussion) –Highlights <br />27 <br />Southern Orange Campus (Future Planning) (CIP page 21) –Design services of $400,000 were <br />28 <br />included in Fiscal Year 2014 to 2015, with site development infrastructure work of $3,600,000 in <br />29 <br />Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016) for campus buildings not associated with the existing <br />30 <br />Southern Human ServicesCenter (SHSC). Expansion of the existing SHSC is included in a <br />31 <br />separate CIP project. <br />32 <br />33 <br />Southern Human Services Center Expansion (CIP page 22) –a full site master plan Special <br />34 <br />Use Permit (“SUP”) was approved in June 2014, providing the Board adopted guidance <br />35 <br />regarding expansion and remodeling to accommodate future Human Services and other <br />36 <br />identified County needs. The facility will be programmed to follow logical and timely <br />37 <br />development of the master plan and Space Study work group recommendations. This includes <br />38 <br />$75,000 in Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016) for schematic design services to assist in <br />39 <br />visioning the expanded space and its potential uses, and $6,475,000 in Year 2 (Fiscal Year <br />40 <br />2016 to 2017) for the expansion, which includes a Dental Clinic. <br />41 <br />42 <br />Southern Branch Library (CIP page 23) –funding of $600,000 was approved in Fiscal Year <br />43 <br />2013 to 2014 for possible land purchase; Design and engineering work of $472,500 is included <br />44 <br />in Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016), and construction costs of $5,625,000 and $750,000 in <br />45 <br />equipment and furnishings are included in Year 2 (Fiscal Year 2016 to 2017). Note: <br />46 <br />construction costs for this project have been reducedfrom the current CIP by approximately <br />47 <br />$1,400,000, based on a 15,000 square foot facility and 50 dedicated parking spaces. <br />48 <br />49 <br />Main Branch Library Remodel (CIP page 25) –the need for an upfit and re-design of the Main <br />50 <br />Branch Library was identified both in the County Space Needs Study and the 2012 Community <br /> <br />