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INFORMATION ITEM June 9, 2015 MEMORANDUM To: Bonnie Hammersley, Orange County Manager From: Jeff Thompson, Director, Asset Management Services Lucinda Munger, Director, Library Services Michael Harvey, Planner III Andrea Tullos, Assistant Director, Library Services Subject: Southern Branch Library Siting Update; Carrboro Arts & Innovation Center Working Group Update Southern Branch Library Sitin_g Update Staff continues to work toward the analysis and recommendation of sites for a potential Southern Branch Library. In early 2015, the Development Agreement discussions regarding the Brewer Lane property between Orange County and property owner/site developer, Main Street Partners, ended amicably without an agreement to develop a library at the site. The relationship between the County and the Developer remain strong. Staff continues to conduct preliminary due diligence on several sites proposed by the Board of County Commissioners and Carrboro. Updates and staff recommendations on these sites are attached: Attachment 1 - The Carrboro Century Center; Attachment 2 - 203 S. Greensboro Property(initially proposed for study by Carrboro in May, 2013); Attachment 3 - The former Fire & Hearth site (East Main Street across from the Hilton Garden Suite Hotel); Staff will continue to work on these sites within the preliminary site due diligence framework approved by the Board of Commissioners and will seek feedback from the Board in the fall of 2015. In addition to these three sites, staff has recently begun preliminary due diligence on 5011503 West Franklin, a County property that houses the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitor's Center, the Skills Development Center, Durham Technical Community College, Guardian ad Litem, and tenant occupant TerraDotta. This site was studied by staff in 2010; current staff recommendations have not been developed and will be forthcoming in the fall of 2015.