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008 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: JANUARY 20, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: SPACE STUDY: RENOVATION OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND NEW <br /> COURTHOUSE <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> ARCHITECTURAL AGREEMENT <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving an architectural agreement with CHR <br /> Associates for the new Courthouse and Agricultural Building <br /> renovations. <br /> NEED: CHR Associates has completed a space study as part of an over- <br /> all effort to develop a multi-year capital improvements plan. <br /> Section IV addresses the immediate space needs for Hills- <br /> borough. The architectural agreement will implement the <br /> recommended renovations outlined in Section IV of the study. <br /> A discussion of additional space needs in the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro area will be presented to the Board on February 2, <br /> 1987. <br /> IMPACT: The $6,500 architectural fee and $32,500 estimated construc- <br /> tion cost would result in a total cost of $38,500. The amount <br /> budgeted for the project is $25, 000. If approved, the addi- <br /> tional funds needed for the project will be expended from the <br /> following accounts: <br /> (1) Water Study Project - $5,500 (Sufficient funds still <br /> remain in this account to complete earmarked <br /> projects) ; and <br /> (2) Commissioners Contingency - $8, 000. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Approve the architectural agreement with CHR Associates for <br /> the new Courthouse and Agricultural Building renovations. <br />