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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. \ IZ-B <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 4, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS ARCHITECT; ACCEPTANCE OF RECOMMENDATION; APPROVAL OF <br /> CONTRACT <br /> DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND CENTRAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEARING:YES: NO:_ <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> CONTRACT PAM JONES, ext. 2650 <br /> Telephone Number- <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider accepting the recommendation of the selection committee for the Public <br /> Works Maintenance Facility and approving a contract with Michael Hining Architects,Chapel Hill,NC. <br /> BACKGROUND: Pursuant to the attached Request for Proposal (RFP), (attachment 1),the selection <br /> committee reviewed 13 responses for the referenced facility. Three firms were invited to interview; <br /> Michael Hining Architect,Chapel Hill;O'Brien-Atkins,Research Triangle Park; and Piedmont Olsen- <br /> Hensley, Raleigh, NC. Interviews were held on September 10, 1993, with a subsequent <br /> recommendation of Michael Hining Architects. The selection committee included John Link,Jr.,Rod <br /> Visser, Wilbert McAdoo, Paul Thames and Pam Jones. <br /> Highlights of the project include: <br /> ♦The Maintenance Facility; <br /> •The computerized fueling station; <br /> 4A vehicle autobath, as funding allows; <br /> ♦Relocation of the present access road; and <br /> •Minimal renovation of the existing garage building Into a maintenance/storage area. <br /> Mr. Hining has submitted the attached fee proposal (attachment 2) which provides all services <br /> necessary to accomplish the scope of work cited In the RFP for a sum of$88,500, including the cost <br /> of reimbursables. Further, you may recall that although the Town of Hillsborough and the County <br /> agreed that it was not feasible to co-locate the two maintenance facilities, there was agreement on <br /> the shared use of the fueling facility and the investigation of potentially shared parking areas. The <br /> architect has been advised of this and is prepared to explore the possibilities. <br />