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041 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No.1 <br /> Meeting Date: SEPTEMBER 30, 1985 <br /> SUBJECT: SPACE NEEDS IN CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes jNo <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE, X501 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> YES Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider whether to accept Chapel Hill's request that the <br /> Town and County explore the feasibility of developing a city <br /> county complex for meeting present and future space needs of the <br /> two jurisdictions. <br /> NEED: Attached is a report and minutes of meeting from a presentation <br /> 1 on the Town of Chapel Hill's capital needs. The County was <br /> subsequently approached by the Town Manager September 5, 1985 to <br /> discuss aspects of the report which affect the County. <br /> In essence the Town is faced with insufficient space for <br /> offices, libraries and public meeting rooms. The Town Manager <br /> has made five suggestions to Council for addressing the matter: <br /> 1. Take back charge of the Old Police Building when its lease <br /> with the County expires July 12, 1987. <br /> 2. Renovate it to meet some of the space needs of the Town. <br /> 3. Address the rest through new construction on land owned by <br /> the Town which is adjacent to the Old Police Building. <br /> 4. Invite the County to evaluate its space needs in Chapel Hill <br /> at the same time and consider the feasibility of the Town <br /> and County joining together to construct a building of <br /> sufficient size to accommodate both sets of needs. It would <br /> be referred to as a local government center. Conceivably <br /> each government would own a portion of the space similar to <br /> the Local Government Center in Raleigh which houses the <br /> Association of Counties and the League of Municipalities. <br /> Some space, such as for a Board of Commissioners and Town <br /> Council, meeting room, would be jointly owned and used. <br /> While it has been estimated that 16,000 to 18,000 square feet of <br /> added space will be needed by the Town to the year 2000, no <br /> specific amount has been projected to meet County purposes over <br /> the same period. At present the County is renting 14,825 square <br /> feet in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. A little over 9,245 of this <br />