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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 16, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> SUBJECT: "The 203 Project" Update — Orange County Southern Branch Library <br /> DEPARTMENT: Library, Asset Management <br /> Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Development Agreement Lucinda Munger, Library Director, (919) <br /> 2) September 4 Board Memorandum 245-2528 <br /> 3) "The Commons" Schematic Design Jeff Thompson, Asset Management <br /> Overview Services Director, (919)245-2628 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive an update on "The 203 Project", including the design process and key <br /> points within the Development Agreement between Orange County and the Town of Carrboro. <br /> BACKGROUND: In October 2017, the Board of Orange County Commissioners approved the <br /> Development Agreement between the Town of Carrboro and Orange County for the <br /> development of a building on Carrboro owned property located at 203 South Greensboro Street <br /> in Carrboro. The Building is contemplated to house the Orange County Southern Branch <br /> Library and various administrative spaces for the Town of Carrboro (note Attachment 1: <br /> "Development Agreement"). The Board has received information item updates as the <br /> Development Agreement process has progressed since the execution of the Development <br /> Agreement. <br /> Timeline of KeV Developments <br /> In accordance with a Request for Qualifications process in early 2018, Carrboro engaged <br /> Perkins + Will as the project architect and titled the project "The 203 Project" in March 2018. <br /> Through the late spring and summer of 2018, the Town of Carrboro held four public input <br /> sessions (June 13, July 23, and two sessions on August 4) on the vision and program for the <br /> "The 203 Project." Perkins + Will received over 300 responses either in person or online from <br /> community members. <br /> Joint stakeholder meetings consisting of staff members from the Town of Carrboro, Orange <br /> County, the ArtsCenter and WCOM-FM occurred throughout June, July, August and September <br /> 2018 to process the feedback gathered in the input sessions, plan for shared spaces within the <br /> overall building program, examine cost-benefit relationships, and to review site and space <br /> planning options that can be mutually supported. <br />