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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 21, 2004 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: Sports PIex/Facilities Study Reorientation DEPARTMENT: Manager /Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Executive Summary -2001 Space Needs Rod Visser, 245 -2308 Study Pam Jones, 245 -2652 Outline of Space Study Presentation TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Chapel Hill Durham Mebane 732 -8181 968 -4501 688 -7331 336 - 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To provide the Board with updates on: 1) a conceptual plan that could lead to the development of a senior center co- located with the Triangle SportsPlex; and 2) a snapshot of the current status of various projects outlined in the 2001 Space Needs Study, specifically soliciting Board comments about any changes that may have occurred; and to identify a process whereby the study may be updated and alternative solutions identified where warranted. BACKGROUND: a. SportsPlex Orange County and the Triangle SportsPlex, an 82,000 square foot ice skating /swimming /fitness facility located in the Meadowlands Business Park in Hillsborough, have in place a ten -year operating agreement that expires in Spring 2005, The basic terms of that facilities /services agreement provide that in return for $400,000 from the County each year, the SportsPlex makes available programs of swimming, skating, and other recreational activities to Orange County residents at reasonable rates. The Board has indicated during the past several years that it does not wish to maintain the existing agreement with the SportsPlex after its expiration, but would be interested in other approaches that might ensure that SportsPlex amenities and programming continue to be available to Orange County residents, During the Board's budget work session on June 21, 2004, staff provided a brief outline of a conceptual plan that could lead to the development of a new senior center co- located with the Triangle SportsPlex in Hillsborough, Staff explained that since Spring 2004, they had been working with the director of a private non - profit agency based in Belmont, North Carolina known as the Linked Economic Development & Affordable Housing Foundation (LEDAHF). This non- profit looks for opportunities to provide benefits to communities and to take some of the burden off of government by linking economic development projects with approaches that increase the stock of affordable housing in a community,