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12 <br /> Commissioner Price said she hoped that the EMS stations would be a priority going <br /> forward. <br /> Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> Radio System <br /> •Removed $1.4 million from year 1 for engineering by funding with prior year <br /> appropriation <br /> Register of Deeds Automation <br /> •Removed $400,000 by applying existing funding <br /> Chair Dorosin said the Board did not vote on this project yet. <br /> Travis Myren said no, it did not. <br /> Chair Dorosin asked if any funds would be spent in year 1. <br /> Travis Myren said yes, there are funds allocated for engineering, but these funds would <br /> come from a previous year. <br /> Chair Dorosin asked if the Board does not approve this $28 million plan, would those <br /> funds be wasted. <br /> Travis Myren said the engineer needs direction as to what the County wants him to build <br /> and the design, prior to an engineering contract being brought to the Board. <br /> Commissioner Jacobs said he had questions about allocating $21 million for a Durham <br /> Tech building, and before the Board accepts this as the landscape, he would want more <br /> information. He said half of the funding for Durham Tech's current building was paid for with <br /> state funds. He said there is no assurance of state funds being provided again. He said he <br /> does not like the assumption that Orange County will pay for this new building, and would like <br /> more information. <br /> Travis Myren said staff will gather more information. He resumed the presentation: <br /> Parks and Open Space <br /> Blackwood Farm Park <br /> • Delays Park Operations Center ($2.5 million including design and equipment) to <br /> years 6 to 10 as alternatives are evaluated <br /> Mil!house Road Park <br /> • Delays park planning and development for two years <br /> Northeast District Park <br /> • Delays park planning and development for two years <br /> Funding Sources <br /> • Transition from pay as you go to debt financing for school capital <br /> • Register of Deeds revenue corrected <br /> • Medicaid funds recognized for Public Health portion of Southern Campus Facility <br /> Improvement <br /> Debt Financing <br /> • Debt financing for County Capital in years one through five reduced by $22.4 <br /> million as a result of project reorganizations <br /> • Transition from pay-as-you-go financing to debt financing for school capital <br /> Recommended CIP and Alternative 1 (graph) <br />