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Sheriff Blackwood said a philosophy will have to be determined when building the new jail. He said it is possible to duplicate what currently exists. He said this would be counterproductive. He said he would like to see efficient places within the existing facility tapped into. He would like the new facility to be all inclusive and for the existing facility to complement it. Sheriff Blackwood said numerous things have been discussed for the old jail but no decisions have been made. He said the old jail had been built out as much as possible while remaining safe. Commissioner Jacobs said the Chapel Hill Court Facility discussion was a Chapel Hill initiative years ago. He said all facilities were reviewed and no alternative plan for the court facility has been put forward. Sheriff Blackwood said he has not had any conversations with anyone in Chapel Hill about moving the facility or the Town taking it back from the County. Sheriff Blackwood said the space study was interesting to be part of, and he commended everyone that was involved in this process. David Stancil continued the PowerPoint presentation: Community Centers Subqroup Constraints Opportunities -Current centers (including Cedar -Renovation of Efland/Cheeks Grove under construction) built to Community Center different standard and scale -Community centers may span a -Continue developing and defining variety of needs to be addressed community center services and facilities -Gymnasium space -Sportsplex Field House addressed In CIP; more collaboration with School gymnasium space Jeff Thomspon said the CIP items related to Community Centers are embedded in this part of the presentation. He reviewed the following information, as contained in the abstract: County Capital projects (associated with the Space Study discussion) — Highlights Southern Orange Campus (Future Planning) (CIP page 21) — Design services of$400,000 were included in Fiscal Year 2014 to 2015, with site development infrastructure work of $3,600,000 in Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016) for campus buildings not associated with the existing Southern Human Services Center (SHSC). Expansion of the existing SHSC is included in a separate CIP project. Southern Human Services Center Expansion (CIP page 22) — a full site master plan Special Use Permit ("SUP") was approved in June 2014, providing the Board adopted guidance regarding expansion and remodeling to accommodate future Human Services and other identified County needs. The facility will be programmed to follow logical and timely development of the master plan and Space Study work group recommendations. This includes $75,000 in Year 1 (Fiscal Year 2015 to 2016) for schematic design services to assist in visioning the expanded space and its potential uses, and $6,475,000 in Year 2 (Fiscal Year 2016 to 2017) for the expansion, which includes a Dental Clinic.