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<br />ORD-2018-012 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 20, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-g <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Budget Amendment #7-A – Link Government Services Center <br />Lower Level Upfit <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services <br />(“AMS”); Finance & <br />Administrative Services <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />FY2017-22 Appropriated CIP, Page 359 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jeff Thompson, 919-245-2658 <br /> Gary Donaldson, 919-245-2453 <br /> Paul Laughton, 919-245-2152 <br />PURPOSE: To approve Budget Amendment #7-A to appropriate $160,000 for the Link <br />Government Services Center Lower Level Upfit designed to serve the Judicial District 15-B <br />Public Defender’s office. This work will proceed concurrently with the other remodeling activity <br />for the Human Rights and Relations Department and a shared multipurpose conference room. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The FY2017-22 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) recommended $160,000 in <br />FY2018-19 for the interior upfit of the lower level of the Link Government Services Center to <br />house the Public Defender’s office (Attachment 1). Design funds for this upfit were appropriated <br />in the FY2017-18 CIP and are now nearing completion. <br /> <br />The Public Defender’s Office is currently located in a County owned building located at 129 East <br />King Street in Hillsborough. Due to maintenance issues occurring in this facility, the Public <br />Defender has requested to proceed with the remodeling effort in the Link Building and the <br />subsequent relocation of the Public Defender’s Office as soon as possible. Amending the <br />Capital Budget to proceed with the remodeling project now instead of approving the project as <br />part of the FY2018-23 CIP in late June would allow accelerate the relocation of the Public <br />Defender’s Office by approximately two months. <br /> <br />The acceleration of the Lower Link Remodeling Project will also allow this work to be scheduled <br />at the same time as other remodeling work for the Human Rights and Relations and the creation <br />of a shared multipurpose conference room which are also located in the lower level of the Link <br />Building. Funds for this additional work are currently available in the Human Rights and <br />Relations budget. Proceeding with this work concurrently will allow a more efficient construction <br />process for the entire lower level and minimize disruption and increasing installation costs. <br /> <br />Should the BOCC approve this amendment, the 129 East King Street property will be available <br />for other uses as directed by the Board. <br />1