Agenda - 11-17-2015 - 6a - Minutes

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12 1 said it might be a good time to make a decision as to how transportation should be structured. 2 He said he interpreted the study to say that this system has matured enough to be a stand- 3 alone department. 4 Commissioner Pelissier agreed with Commissioner Jacobs and she read the report to 5 say that there is an adolescent transportation department that needs to grow up. She said 6 since transportation has to interface with so many departments, it would be easier for it to be a 7 stand-alone entity. 8 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the Manager had any thoughts. 9 Bonnie Hammersley said the discussions with Mebane are ongoing. She said in 10 regards to silos, talks continue with Go Triangle regarding fare boxes; and she continues to talk 11 with Chapel Hill as well. She said there are areas for collaboration as opposed to merger that 12 are being worked on. She said staff is using the report before the Board as a baseline. 13 Bonnie Hammersley agreed that transportation is a system that could potentially stand 14 on its own. She said the Planning Department has done a wonderful job at overseeing 15 transportation, but Planning is regulatory and OPT is customer service. 16 Bonnie Hammersley said one of the Human Services team's functions is to look at the 17 unmet transportation needs. 18 Bonnie Hammersley said organizational changes could move forward during the budget 19 of 2016-17. She said the vacant planning position might be addressed prior to the budget 20 process. 21 22 b. Orange County Detention Center Project Update 23 The Board considered receiving an update on the progress of the Detention Center and 24 providing feedback on the schematic design to staff and the designer. 25 Jeff Thompson, Orange County Asset Management Services Director, introduced Dan 26 Mace of Moseley Architects. 27 Dan Mace made the following PowerPoint presentation: 28 29 Orange County Detention Center 30 Progress Update Presentation 31 Board of Orange County Commissioners 32 Regular Meeting 33 Southern Human Services Center 34 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 35 October 20, 2015 36 37 Intended Outcome 38 • Introduce Moseley Architects 39 • Detention Center Progress Update 40 • Review Stakeholder Input within Programming and Schematic Design Process 41 • Solicit feedback from the Board of Orange County Commissioners 42 43 Who is Moseley Architects? 44 • Founded in 1969, Moseley has over 45 years of continuous practice exclusively in the 45 South 46 • We SPECIALIZE in County detention facilities, justice complexes, state and federal 47 corrections, 48 • law enforcement, and public sector planning and design — over 80 detention facility 49 projects completed in the last 10 years alone !