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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2007 <br />Action Age~~ <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Lease Renewal: Parks Operations Base, 503 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central <br />Services and Recreation and <br />Parks <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Lease Renewal <br />Original Lease <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 <br />Lori Taft (919) 245-2660 <br />PURPOSE: To consider renewing a lease with JCBH Properties, LLC, Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina for an approximately 4,000 square foot building for continued use as the parks <br />operations base. <br />BACKGROUND: The County has leased this property since 2004 for use as a parks operations <br />base. The facility provides office space for the Parks staff, as well as a location to assemble <br />various items used in the parks (tables, info kiosks, etc.) and maintain equipment, such as <br />mowers and other small equipment used in parks maintenance. The County Motor Pool <br />continues to service vehicles and larger motorized equipment. <br />The leased property is located at 503 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough. Cornerstone Court is off <br />Highway 86 between Interstate 85 and Highway 70A. This site allows reasonably convenient <br />access to stage and move equipment and supplies to the County's current and proposed parks <br />at Little River, West Ten, Twin Creeks and the Northern Park. <br />As a reminder, the 2007 update of the Space Needs Study recommends the Parks Operations <br />Base eventually be located at the New Hope Park at Blackwood Farm. The referenced study <br />has not been adopted by the Board. Funding for construction. of aCounty-owned facility is not <br />currently available. <br />Highlights of the terms of a lease for the 4,000 square foot facility with outside storage include: <br />• Terra of lease: August 1, 2007 through July 31, 2010 <br />• The lease may be renewed for one additional three-year term at the County and <br />Landlord's discretion. <br />• Lease amount shall increase by 2% annually ($35,710, $36,425, $37,155) <br />• 'All other terms of the lease remain in effect. <br />