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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 17, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Southern Branch Library Development Agreement <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager, County <br /> Attorney, Asset Management <br /> Services ("AMS") <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Draft Development Agreement With Bonnie Hammersley, 919-245-2306 <br /> Exhibits A, B and C John Roberts, 919-245-2318 <br /> 2) Agreement Highlights Jeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) Receive an update regarding the Draft Development Agreement with the Town of <br /> Carrboro with regard to the potential development of the Orange County Southern <br /> Branch Library; and <br /> 2) Authorize the Manager to execute the Development Agreement upon final review of the <br /> County Attorney. <br /> BACKGROUND: On December 20, 2016, the Board of Orange County Commissioners <br /> ("BOCC") and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen ("BOA") approved a non-binding Letter of Intent <br /> that authorized the County and Town Managers to negotiate a Development Agreement with <br /> regard to the Orange County Southern Branch Library located on the Carrboro owned parcel at <br /> 203 South Greensboro Street. Through the spring and summer months, the County and Town <br /> Managers and staffs negotiated the attached draft Agreement (Attachment 1 — "Draft <br /> Development Agreement"). The key points of the draft are found in Attachment 2 — <br /> "Development Agreement Highlights". <br /> The estimated development timeline for this project is as follows: <br /> TASK ESTIMATED TIM EFRAME <br /> Development Agreement execution* Oct, 2017 <br /> Joint designer RFQ selection process with Carrboro* Oct-Nov, 2017 <br /> Design and land use permitting process Nov, 2017 - May, 2018 <br /> Schematic design and cost allocations* est. Jan, 2018 <br /> Construction bidding process May-June, 2018 <br /> Bid award, construction contract* Aug, 2018 <br /> Construction period Sept, 2018 — Sept, 2019 <br /> Occupation, Opening Fall, 2019 <br /> *Joint BOCC/BOA decision <br />