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Standards for Orange County in order to address the #2 recommendation of the 2004 Library Services Task Force. At the October 24, 2007 meeting, the Standards, which are attached, were adopted by the Task Force and the recommendation was made to present the Standards to the Board of County Commissioners for acceptance. A Capital & Operational Request, also attached, was completed as part of the initial charge of the Task Force, in particular as it pertained to a new Southwest Branch facility. The Request is based on current construction costs for County facilities, actual furnishings and equipment purchase prices, and Operational Budgets based on current needs and services. The Capital Request also includes the Heritage Center, a shared facility that would house NC Room books and materials, Burwell historic documents and artifacts, the Museum's historic documents and artifacts and other notable items of Hillsborough and Orange County history. The Heritage Center was also a recommendation of the 2000 Task Force and the 2004 Task Force. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact with receiving the Standards for Library Services and Capital and Operational Request. These documents identify specific funding initiatives for the CIP for Library Services in Orange County. The BOCC would ultimately need to discuss and determine the overall magnitude and relative priority of these future capital project proposals and associated impacts on program operations and facility maintenance. The Library currently holds in trust approximately $126,000 that can be used as a capital contribution towards a Heritage Center. Staff will need to conduct an analysis of the proposed standards for budgetary impacts and requests included in this report will be discussed as part of the CIP process. It should also be noted that the Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions in November 2005 which detailed that the costs for the library facilities should be shared by the local jurisdictions. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board 1. Receive the Standards for Library Services in Orange County as presented by the Task Force; 2. Receive the capital and operating budget requests.