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36 Ifficials draft 'sample scenarl ® of 72M for upcoming bond p � OF to 'ommisszoners chairman would have an idea of what we're for parks and recreation, $6 million ascribes the r0 Osal as looking at," Orange County Comm for two senior centers (at $3 million ®$� p p missioners Chairman Steve Halkio- each), $5 million for a "public build- `acting pointfor schools, tis said. ing" category that includes a arks and other needs He, Commissioners Vice Chair- Durham Tech satellite campus and FF man Barry Jacobs and County Man- court/justice facilities, and $2 mil- ager John Link Jr. drafted the seem lion for affordable housing. By ROB SNAPARD nario over the Christmas break, The county projects that, based on chh@herald-sun .com; 732-6397 during a gap of several weeks the recent property revaluation, between commissioners meetings, paying the debt on about $72 million HILLSBOROUGH — To kick off The total includes $26 million for in bonds would take up from 7 to 9 to upcoming discussions of a two new elementary schools for the cents on the county's tax rate, Assis- ovember bond referendum, coup- Chapel Hill-Carrboro school dis- tant County Manager Rod Visser officials have drafted a "sample triet, at $ 13 million per school, said this week. :enario" that shows a total bond For Orange County Schools, the The county wouldn't issue all the ickage of $72 million. scenario includes $ 18 million for a bonds all at once. Budget Director "We put down something just to new middle school. Donna Dean said there probably art the " ball rolling, so people The tal4al also includes $ 15 million phrase see BOND/PAGE 7 FF OF I IFNo . . _ . ION. NFIF! M For �, f senior centers, a satellite campus BU ® ; " �� '` ; �tY<< 4 ' and affordable housIF ing, but she also 11 Task , farcedole � , t = , '� +5 was hesitant to cite specifics for the FROM PAGE 1 OF - ; Fs€ F j November bond package. The Capital Needs Adviso Task force will Include 5 "That's for the bond committee to ry _, i. �� E , , s ■ Two members notnlnated by the orange sch I bbatd t , y would be installments over three or ■ TWo members nominated by the Ctjapel Hill-Carrbora school boar4 too d `to IT oT OFF ' t chew on," she said. four years, so the impact on the tax s ' ■ Clue member no. 11 " INminated by the Orange CoIF urrty Parks and Recreatlori AdinsoryM • Brown, who served on a similar rate would be spread out. I CourfclG . , ; r ` r1 . 1 ' e.r s task force before the 1997 bond The actual makeup of the Novem- ■ One member nat dilat To -ed by the IFF, CommissiIN. Ioo for the, EnulronoF%TmFl. el�t `;�} �,t = package, said she'll give a lot of ber bond package and the dollar t One memOFFO bor nominaF. ted by the Adinsory Board an 'OF Aging t � weight to what the task force reo- amounts are far from decided. et ■ Sfx to . 6Ight� atlarge (Mlmbers nominated by the Orange County z` L, ommends later this year. Halkiotis described the $72 mil- - Commissioners -INN Fee NINIFF > % IN ,• "The decision is ultimately the lion scenario simply as a starting ; 4 , ■ , Qne memberfrom;the Affordable Housing TaskOFF Farcedoll S commissioners' but I think we'll point. But it wasn't pulled from thin ''No ■ Ode momber ffom, the Community College Task 66ON IF , take [the recommendations] very air, r ` ■ One member frame ea0 .ch of the town OFF boardFetIls of ChapI .el HillT Carrporo ;, '; seriously " she said. The commissioners chairman HIIloloAsboroUgh 'anIF Mebano I ' F ' ' IN N ! The bond package that voters said that each of the components are � ' ' Residents w.ho wantaoFol be conOFFsidered for NO InominaUorrao the CapRaf Net IF eds approved in 1997 included $24 mil- based ,on what the commissioners : Advi ory Task Force'-can obtaih an application from Uie county. s Web sitIONe at i PP www:co gran a nc us or pall the Oran a Coun . Commisslo ers offlce :at 245 lion for Chapel Hill-Carrboro have heard from local officials as 213Q g L gte"iJ ; �L schools, $23 million for Orange I IN rIN IN IF I IF well as residents in recent years — NJ Fdd_4OF1 :" FFtFdd_ OF isk r schools, $6 million for parks and like the ongoing need for school . �rz . ci �h � __ ::., .. .. �'_ :t�_t .:ca . r , �r . .., r ,,_ ., , �tx. -- -.:, . �; recreation, $1 .8 million for afford-. facilities or the shortage of soccer able housing and $1.2 million for facilities in Orange County that soc- Hillsborough, next to the existing against including elected officials, expanding the ' Efland Sewer Sys- cer-lovers have pointed to in recent courthouse. The buildings would saying she thought of the task force g months. provide additional courtrooms and as more of a neutral group of -resi- tem. He said he expects the final bond space for operations like the Sher- dents. But ' other commissioners The 1992 package included $36 package to be near $72 million, a fig- iff's Department and the Clerk of said they didn't want any entity 'to million for Chapel Hill-Carrboro ure he believes can be well justified. Court• I have any reason to argue that it was schools and $16 million for Orange "We need to be able to prove to The concept plan shows four left out of the bond process . schools. people that we really do need this phases that would cost roughly $5 Commissioner Moses Carey And the 1988 package included stuff," he said. "You go out and try million to $6 million each wouldn't spell out any specifics Fri- schools, million for Chapel for rioboro ange to get the public to support a $150 On the satellite-campus compo- day on what he believes the bond schools, $9 million for Orange million bond, you're going to go out nent, Durham Tech has committed package should include; although he schools, $7 million for county facili- in flaming defeat." $4 million for a campus in Orange said money for the schools is a ties and $1 million for reservoir land The $15 million parks and recce- County, but the county needs to given. acquisition. . ation component in the draft see- come up with a $4 million match. "The [$72 million] scenario does As in 1997, the bond package this . ?:. ° 1;. :'No ' ' " ' I IN narIF FF NO OF OF io includes money for soccer Halkiotis said the county might be have some substance to it," he said. year won't be anall-or-nothing deal, IN fields, parks, open space, conserva- able to find some other funding `But there's going to be more going Visser said. ;' tion easements and watershed pro- sources besides bonds for. those into that mix than you can shake a Voters will decide separately on ` do 1 . 1 . . tection. things, so the public building com- stick at, and I don't want to add to it each of the several components — The idea of building two new ponent only includes $5 million in at this point. so technically, there will be several _ ..IF.N ' senior centers, in southern and can- the draft scenario. "Obviously, there are some things referenda on the ballot, not just oneW . III ION ON It tral Orange, is a fundamental part This spring, a group of residents I'd like to see, but I also know it's referendum, Visser said. . of the county's Master Aging Plan. and elected officials will meet to important to give the committee a In 1997, voters turned down the Within the public buildings com- hash out recommendations for what chance to work," he said. $4 .6 million referendum for public ponent, the justice facilities are part the bond package should include. Commissioner Margaret Brown buildings that included money for aIF of a concept plan for adding build- Orange County Commissioner said she. wants to see funding in gen- senior center and repairs to existing ings along East Margaret Lane in Alice diordon initially argued eral for things like parks, schools, county buildings, he said.