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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 12, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _`~„ <br />SUBJECT: Animal Services Facility: Concept Plan Review <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central <br />Services & Animal Services <br />Department <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, (919) 245-2652 <br />Bob Marotto, (919) 968-2287 <br />PURPOSE: To present the concept plan for the Animal Services Facility to the Board of <br />Commissioners; and to share comments from the public input session that immediately <br />precedes the Board's work session. <br />BACKGROUND: The Animal Services facility, currently in design under the guidance of the <br />Board-appointed Animal Services Facility Planning Committee, is nearing completion of the <br />concept phase of the project. As the Board will recall, the project's design is proceeding <br />deliberately, but quickly because of the University's requirement that the County vacate the <br />existing building no later than December 2008, a full year before the project was anticipated for <br />completion. The work with the planning committee since December has yielded a concept plan <br />that is presented both for public and Board comment. <br />A public input session will be held from 6:00 - 7:15 pm on February 12, 2007. The consultants <br />and staff will be able to provide general feedback on the results of the session during the 7:30 <br />pm session. <br />Staff is recommending that the project be constructed through a Construction Manager at Risk <br />contract in order to better manage the construction schedule and budget. An action item will be <br />brought forward for Board consideration in the near future. <br />Regulatory approvals must be finalized prior to the commencement of construction. The <br />anticipated timeline for those approvals is as follows: <br />