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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 31, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~_ <br />SUBJECT: County Space Study Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Purchasing <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Space Needs Update <br />(in notebook under separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />.lohn Link, x2300 or Pam Janes, x2652 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive and discuss a report on the Orange County Space Needs Update. <br />BACKGROUND: In 2000, the Orange County Space Needs Task Force produced a report <br />that documented anticipated space requirements for each County department through 2010. <br />During recent months, County staff have worked with Commissioners Jacobs and Halkiotis and <br />the County Manager to develop an update to the 2000 report. <br />The March 31, 2005 Orange County Space Needs Update, provided to the Board of <br />Commissioners under separate cover in a loose-leaf binder, is intended to: <br />• identify departmental changes that may impact the recommendations or implementation <br />of the 2000 Space Needs Task Force Report; and <br />• modify Study recommendations to reflect changing conditions and Board direction <br />received since the original report; and <br />• create a fundable raadmap for developing adequate space to meet the operational <br />needs of county departments through 2020; and <br />• identify facility needs that require additional study and/or may fall outside of the 2020 <br />study period. <br />Staff will provide a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the major findings and <br />recommendations in the Space Needs Update, and respond to Commissioners' questions <br />about the overall update and specific projects. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with the review and <br />discussion of this report. However, decisions that the Board of Commissioners will make <br />subsequently that reflect the Baard's capital funding priorities will shape to a large degree the <br />County's Capital Investment Plan for 2005-15, with amulti-million dollar impact. <br />