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Additional Projects Recommended for Funding in FY 2007-08 <br />0101-0-Jr. WITSTOTOTEM 17, <br />2007-08 Recommended Capital Funding: $44,000 <br />The County purchased the historic Blackwood Farm in 2002 as a <br />future low-impact oriented park site. Along with the 152-acre site <br />came a farmhouse (house on the site dates to the eighteenth <br />century and includes a chimney that likely dates back to 1827), a <br />large barn, and several other farm outbuildings (smokehouse, <br />milking shed, etc). Many of the buildings are in need of immediate <br />stabilization, and others need intermediate and longer-term <br />restoration to keep them from disrepair and ultimate collapse. <br />Stabilization involves completing immediate repairs to ensure the <br />buildings are structurally sound and weatherproof, such as <br />repairing structural members, securing siding, reattaching, and <br />painting tin roofs, among others. At this point, stabilization will <br />preserve .the structures so that the County can continue to use <br />them as a part of the future park. Proposed funding for the project <br />comes from 2004 two-thirds net debt reduction bonds. Cost of the <br />restoration is'estimated to be $150,000. <br />Funds budgeted in FY 2007-08 would add to the currently available <br />monies in this project ($87,648) and allow staff to move forward <br />with stabilization and preservation of the structures to prevent <br />additional disrepair. <br />5. County Facilities Arts Reserve <br />2007-08 Recommended Capital Funding: $5,000 <br />In keeping with Orange County's commitment to the Arts, funding of <br />this project would create a reserve fund from which the BOCC <br />would allocate monies to construction and renovation projects for <br />approved art projects in County facilities. Allocations in previous <br />years have funded artwork for the Central Orange Senior Center, <br />SportsPlex, and Animal Services Facility. <br />6. Equipment and Vehicle Replacements <br />2007-08 Recommended Capital Funding: $459,000 <br />The County uses a portion of the proceeds from half-cent sales <br />taxes to fund its vehicle and major equipment purchases. While <br />staff would bring back specific recommendations for replacement <br />purchases in fall/winter 2007, examples of items that staff would <br />consider purchasing include replacement of Sheriff's vehicles and <br />equipment and equipment for new parks and soccer fields. <br />