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^ t: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> aOARDmr Action Agenda <br /> ^// <br /> Ataiom acFmoA ITEM ABSTRACT Item - ] <br /> DEFYING DATE January 24, 1983 <br /> Subject: Driver's License Examiner's Office - Orange <br /> 1oe[artneot; County Manager | zublic Hearing: yes X no | <br /> Information Contact: <br /> No County Manager's Office <br /> Phone Number: 732-8181 ext. 501 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider an alternative space arrangement and agreement to house the office. <br /> NEED: In June of 1982, plans received Board approval for several agencies, including <br /> the Driver's License Office, to occupy the Old Police Building once the Central <br /> Communication's Center was relocated to its own facility. Two developments <br /> during the intervening period have had a bearing on the plans. First, the <br /> lease for Driver's License and the Department on Aging at its present location <br /> had to be extended to February 15, 1983' Secondly, Mr. Neil R. Shelton of the <br /> 0CDOT found the Old Police Building to be unsuitable for conducting driver <br /> examinations because of the volume of traffic on Columbia and Rosemary Streets <br /> and insufficient parking spaces in adjacent lot. This caused a search to be <br /> mounted for a different permanent site than the Old Police Building or con- <br /> tinued lease at the present site' <br /> The Town of Carrboro offered space which could be rented in the Town Hall <br /> basement. Inspection revealed that space could be suitable if the open space <br /> were partitioned and equipped for office occupancy. <br /> zsDuCr; Cost for improvements would be approximately $5.100 in material and SJ'OOg in <br /> County in-kind labor. Carrboro would provide 800 souare feet, rent, utilities <br /> and custodial service as a credit fo�,2,7 years rent for the improvements made. <br /> This would be equivalent to 53.75 per square foot fo��the period compared to : <br /> S7.50 per square foot under present leasing. The dvinicover the period would <br /> be $23,900. <br /> Funds are available under-the equipment and repair account of Public Works so <br /> no new appropriation would be necessary. <br /> A lease with Carrboro specifying the rent credit would be presented at the <br /> February 7 Board Meeting. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): <br /> Authorize Manager to initiate the renovation and to negotiate the lease <br /> according to the above terms with formal lease approval at a subsequent <br /> meeting of the Board. <br />