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13 <br /> <br />Travis Myren resumed the presentation: 1 <br /> 2 <br />• Orange County Southern Branch Library - $5,625,000 (page 39) 3 <br />Project Description/Justification: Planned funding of $5,625,000 in FY 2018- 19 is for design 4 <br />and construction costs for new Southern Branch location, which will replace the Cybrary and 5 <br />McDougle facilities. The BOCC approved an agreement with the Town of Carrboro to 6 <br />collaborate on a building project, which the library would be a tenant with various Town 7 <br />functions. Based on this colocation, space needs will be re-evaluated to take advantage of 8 <br />potential space efficiencies. Updated capital and operating cost estimates will be based on the 9 <br />actual schematic and market based costs forecasts in collaboration with design, operations, 10 <br />engineering, and construction cost estimating firms. 11 <br /> 12 <br />FY2018-23 Recommended Capital Investment Plan 13 <br />Continuation Projects 14 <br />• Orange County Southern Branch Library - $5.6 million (p. 39) 15 <br />o Carrboro Partnership and Development Agreement 16 <br />• 203 South Greensboro Street 17 <br />• Colocation of Library Space with Town Offices 18 <br />• Design - 2018 19 <br />• Bid and Construction - Summer 2019 20 <br />• Opening – Spring/Summer 2021 21 <br />o Space Allocation, Operating and Capital Costs to be Reevaluated based on 22 <br />Colocation 23 <br /> 50 Dedicated Parking Spaces 24 <br /> 25 <br />Orange County Southern Branch Library Site (aerial photo) 26 <br /> 27 <br />Commissioner Price asked if the percentage being paid by Orange County is known. 28 <br />Travis Myren said the County’s construction costs are estimated at $5.6 million. He 29 <br />said operating costs and shared spaces would be allocated by the percentage of the building 30 <br />that each party will occupy. 31 <br />Commissioner Jacobs said he would like to propose that alternative energy sources be 32 <br />automatically investigated for all major capital projects, including joint facilities. He said this 33 <br />may need to come back to the Board as a policy item, but using this type of energy should be 34 <br />standard practice, rather than having to be discussed per project. He said if it is incorporated 35 <br />parenthetically with the CIP, then it would not have to be brought forward on every item. 36 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said staff plans to make this part of the budget ordinance this 37 <br />year, and every year, moving forward. 38 <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked if that will include this joint project. 39 <br />Bonnie Hammersley said yes. 40 <br /> Travis Myren resumed the presentation: 41 <br /> 42 <br />• Affordable Housing Bonds - $2,500,000 (page 29) 43 <br />Project Description/Justification: Funding of $2,500,000 in FY2017-18 and planned funding of 44 <br />$2,500,000 for FY 2018-19 are for the bond referendum projects. 45 <br /> 46 <br />FY2018-23 Recommended Capital Investment Plan 47 <br />Policy Priorities 48 <br />• Affordable Housing Bond - $2.5 million (p. 29) 49 <br />o 2016 Bond Referendum - $5 million for Affordable Housing 50