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13 Debt Service Capacity Benchmark (graph) Commissioner Burroughs referred to Mil!house Park and asked if Chapel Hill is in a hurry to move this along. Bonnie Hammersley said there have been conversations with the Town of Chapel Hill for the past two years, but she will defer this question to Commissioner Jacobs. Commissioner Jacobs said Mayor Hemminger is very interested in this park, and she has talked to soccer leagues about putting money in up front. He said she is very interested in talking to Orange County about options. Commissioner Rich asked if Chapel Hill has asked Orange County to put money into the Legion Road property. Bonnie Hammersley said no, she has not had any conversations about this property. Commissioner Rich said the Board received an email today from the Carrboro Mayor noting the addition of$10 million to the Carrboro budget for the Southern Branch Library. She asked if this affects the County's budget for this item. Bonnie Hammersley said she and David Andrews, Carrboro Town Manager, are working on a development agreement, and she said if it is not completed prior to the summer break, it will be brought to the Boards in the fall. She said the CIP would mirror the Town of Carrboro's. She said the County still has some planning money, but the Southern Branch Library construction money is in year 2. She said the Town Manager agreed this plan is reflective of both governing boards' budgets. Commissioner Rich said when residents see this item in year 2 and 3, it is assumed that the Town and the County are not working it currently, but that is not the case. She said conversations are continuing, and the Town and the County are working together. Commissioner Jacobs said the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has never voted on the amount of money that continues to be listed for this project in the CIP. He said this amount goes back to the original idea of a 20,000 square foot urban library. Bonnie Hammersley said this amount has been revised since she has been the County Manager, and the size is about 12,000 square feet. She said staff will look at the details more closely. She said she spoke with the Carrboro Town Manager and she asked that Carrboro hold the contract for construction, because Carrboro owns the property, and the County will pay the Town. Commissioner Jacobs said the Board has not discussed co-locating in a building with the Town of Carrboro, and he said a lot of the public dialogue involved a desire for public meeting space. He said if the Town is in the building, there would be a necessity of square footage, but not if Carrboro is building its own building. Commissioner McKee clarified with Commissioner Rich that Carrboro intends to budget $10 million for this project. Commissioner Rich said it was an email from the Carrboro Mayor sent to Chair/VC only, and Carrboro has $10 million in its budget for a new library. Commissioner McKee asked if this amount aligns with the $6 million in the County budget. Bonnie Hammersley said the agreement is being developed, and more details will be defined as discussions continue. She said no party has agreed to a development agreement at this time. She said she has budgeted an estimate, and whoever holds the contract will need to have the full amount budgeted and receive offsetting revenue from the other party. She said Carrboro is amending its CIP to add this item. Commissioner McKee said this issue needs to be highlighted for more discussion.