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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda ` Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 1, 1991 SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF FINAL DESIGN; GOVERNMENT SERVICES CENTER DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING & CENTRAL SRVS. PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO:XX ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES EXT 2650 Telephone Number - Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill -967 -9251 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 688 -7331 PURPOSE: To review and approve the final design for the Government Services Building, to be built at the corner of Cameron St. and Margaret Lane, Hillsborough. BACKGROUND: In early, 1990 the Board of Commissioners appointed a Government Services Center Planning Committee which is comprised of Dr. Stephen Halkiotis, Vice - chair, County Commissioners; Bob Rose, Town of Hillsborough Commissioner; Hunt McKinnon, then Chair to the Hillsborough Historic District Commission; Miss Betty June Hayes, Register of Deeds; John Link, Jr., County Manager; Paul Thames, County Engineer; and Pam Jones, Purchasing & Central Services Director. This group has monitored the planning process and provided input to the Architects both individually and collectively. The Architects met with the Hillsborough Historic District Commission in December, 1990 for a courtesy review of the building design. While the overall comments were favorable the Commission did express some reservations about the uninterrupted mall line on the Cameron Street elevation. The uninterrupted wall line on Cameron Street was redesigned by the Architects and resubmitted on March 20, 1991, but approval was postponed for two weeks. In December, 1990, the County placed drawings of two possible designs in the Library, the Court Street Annex and the Tax and Records Building to solicit Public comments. There were only two written comments submitted.