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11 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Total Appropriations —Alternative 1 (graph) <br /> 3 • County capital projects reduced by approximately $22.4 million in years 1 through 5 <br /> 4 • No changes to school capital or Durham Tech facility expansion <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Projects and Facilities (graph) <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Commissioner McKee asked if the jail project is currently on hold. <br /> 9 Travis Myren said he spoke with the Sheriff today about doing the project on the current <br /> 10 site, which the Sheriff supports. He said the architects will be redirected to start looking at this <br /> 11 site, and there will be some preliminary conversations with Hillsborough about its requirements <br /> 12 to complete such a project. He said this decision has not been completely made, but the <br /> 13 current site is being studied much more closely. <br /> 14 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Parking Lot Improvements <br /> 17 • AMS North moved from year 5 to years 6 to 10 ($1.6 million) <br /> 18 • Efland Cheeks Community Center parking lot ($300,000) removed - included in <br /> 19 Community Center project in Year 3 <br /> 20 Southern Orange Campus <br /> 21 • $3.6 million in Medicaid revenue applied to the Public Health portion of the project <br /> 22 (medical and dental) <br /> 23 • $1.56 million debt financed for remaining portions of the building <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Technology and Communication <br /> 26 Fiber Connectivity <br /> 27 •Moved $1.05 million from FY2018-19 and FY19-20 to years 6 to 10 —completes <br /> 28 Hillsborough project; delays full north/south fiber run (Chapel Hill to Cedar Grove) <br /> 29 and east/west fiber run (Buckhorn to Eno EDD) <br /> 30 ITGC Projects <br /> 31 •Removed $500,000 in years 2 and 4 due to project backlog <br /> 32 EMS Substations <br /> 33 •Retained two highest priority stations in Waterstone and Efland; others deferred pending <br /> 34 location study and co-location partners <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Commissioner Price said she hoped that the EMS stations would be a priority going <br /> 37 forward. <br /> 38 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Radio System <br /> 41 •Removed $1.4 million from year 1 for engineering by funding with prior year <br /> 42 appropriation <br /> 43 Register of Deeds Automation <br /> 44 •Removed $400,000 by applying existing funding <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Chair Dorosin said the Board did not vote on this project yet. <br /> 47 Travis Myren said no, it did not. <br /> 48 Chair Dorosin asked if any funds would be spent in year 1. <br /> 49 Travis Myren said yes, there are funds allocated for engineering, but these funds would <br /> 50 come from a previous year. <br />