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their work with Orange County on the Skills Development Center and many others. Further, the Board will note that the cost proposal includes a feasibility analysis far using alternative energy (landfill gas) to heat the facility, which is unprecedented in a County building. Commissioners noted at the April12 meeting that with expanded meeting space in this facility that would be on the order of the size of the public meeting room in the Government Services Center in Hillsborough, it would be prudent for this building to be connected to sewer rather than to rely on an on-site septic system or alternative wastewater treatment system. As the parcel on which this building will be constructed is in the Rural Buffer, the Board should formally determine at an appropriate time that this building is an "essential public facility". Under the County's land use regulations, that designation is a specific exception to the general provision that water and sewer utilities are not extended into the Rural Buffer, The Solid Waste Department is aware of the importance of ensuring that any new Eubanks Road waste management facility is in harmony with Rogers Road Neighborhood community standards of appearance, The Solid Waste Management Department will coordinate design and site development issues with the Solid Waste Advisory Board (which includes a member from the neighborhood) and will develop a design and construction process that invites input from the neighborhood at each key phase of the project. FINANCIAL IMPACT: As noted in the accompanying architect's cost proposal, the design fees for this project are quoted at $124,800. This amount includes $14,500 far feasibility analysis of high performance mechanical engineering, wastewater management and alternative energy, The quotation also assumes that the County will connect to nearby OWASA sewer lines, If the County were to pursue an onsite septic system design, the quoted fee would increase by $1,500 to $126,300. The construction budget is estimated at $900,000, which includes the building and site work, but does not include the design fees, Funding for the design and constn~ction will be covered through a combination of existing reserves and debt financing, all of which would be paid through the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board award a contract to Dixon Weinstein Architects in an amount not to exceed $124,800 for the design of the Solid Waste Administration Building to be located on landfill property on Eubanks Road, Chapel Hill; and authorize the Chair to sign a contract on behalf of the Board, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney,