Agenda - 06-06-2017 - 8-a - Minutes

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13 1 Bonnie Hammersley said she and David Andrews, Carrboro Town Manager, are working 2 on a development agreement, and she said if it is not completed prior to the summer break, it 3 will be brought to the Boards in the fall. She said the CIP would mirror the Town of Carrboro's. 4 She said the County still has some planning money, but the Southern Branch Library 5 construction money is in year 2. She said the Town Manager agreed this plan is reflective of 6 both governing boards' budgets. 7 Commissioner Rich said when residents see this item in year 2 and 3, it is assumed that 8 the Town and the County are not working it currently, but that is not the case. She said 9 conversations are continuing, and the Town and the County are working together. 10 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has never 11 voted on the amount of money that continues to be listed for this project in the CIP. He said 12 this amount goes back to the original idea of a 20,000 square foot urban library. 13 Bonnie Hammersley said this amount has been revised since she has been the County 14 Manager, and the size is about 12,000 square feet. She said staff will look at the details more 15 closely. She said she spoke with the Carrboro Town Manager and she asked that Carrboro 16 hold the contract for construction, because Carrboro owns the property, and the County will pay 17 the Town. 18 Commissioner Jacobs said the Board has not discussed co-locating in a building with 19 the Town of Carrboro, and he said a lot of the public dialogue involved a desire for public 20 meeting space. He said if the Town is in the building, there would be a necessity of square 21 footage, but not if Carrboro is building its own building. 22 Commissioner McKee clarified with Commissioner Rich that Carrboro intends to budget 23 $10 million for this project. 24 Commissioner Rich said it was an email from the Carrboro Mayor sent to Chair/VC only, 25 and Carrboro has $10 million in its budget for a new library. 26 Commissioner McKee asked if this amount aligns with the $6 million in the County 27 budget. 28 Bonnie Hammersley said the agreement is being developed, and more details will be 29 defined as discussions continue. She said no party has agreed to a development agreement at 30 this time. She said she has budgeted an estimate, and whoever holds the contract will need to 31 have the full amount budgeted and receive offsetting revenue from the other party. She said 32 Carrboro is amending its CIP to add this item. 33 Commissioner McKee said this issue needs to be highlighted for more discussion. 34 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if there was a purpose to the email from the Carrboro 35 Mayor. 36 Commissioner Rich said the email was to advise the Board that the conversation is 37 continuing within Carrboro, and that there are residents that have been waiting for a long time. 38 She said she brought it up this evening to assure the public that the BOCC and the two 39 Managers are talking about the issue. 40 Chair Dorosin said the BOCC ought to be looking at the CIP to further reduce costs. He 41 said there are several small ticket items that may not make an overall difference if removed. He 42 echoed Commissioner Jacobs about the Durham Tech project, and said it does need more 43 clarification. 44 Chair Dorosin said the Environment and Agriculture Center (EAC) is $3.4 million in year 45 1, and he recollected that the BOCC was going to get more information about options. He said 46 moving this project, or part of it, by one year may make a big difference. 47 Chair Dorosin said he would suggest further discussion about the fiber connectivity, 48 totaling $1.1 million in year one. He asked if it is critical to do in year 1. 49 Travis Myren said this project is with the Town of Hillsborough to connect County and 50 Town facilities with publicly owned fiber, as opposed to paying Time Warner for these