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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 5, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Northern Campus Project Update <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1 - Northern Campus Schematic Design Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, <br /> Cost Estimates 919-245-2308 <br /> 2 - Value Engineering Strategies <br /> 3 - Scope Reductions <br /> 4 - Project Deferments <br /> PURPOSE: To review schematic design cost estimates for the County's Northern County <br /> Campus and consider budget adjustments to the project. <br /> BACKGROUND: The County's FY2018-19 Capital Investment Plan merged three <br /> independent projects into the Northern Campus development. This development, located off of <br /> Highway 70 in Hillsborough, is intended to include a replacement Detention Center, <br /> Environment and Agricultural Center, and Parks Operations Base. The Board of <br /> Commissioners appropriated approximately $28 million for the project. <br /> As currently designed, the new Detention Center would consist of one hundred forty-four (144) <br /> beds in approximately 48,900 square feet. The new facility would replace the existing 40,227 <br /> square foot detention facility located in downtown Hillsborough that was originally constructed <br /> in 1925 with additions and modifications occurring in the early 1980's and mid-1990's. The <br /> new 17,200 square foot Environment and Agricultural facility would replace the 19,087 square <br /> foot office building currently located on Revere Road that houses the Department of <br /> Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, Cooperative Extension, Farm Service <br /> Agency, and Soil and Water Conservation. Finally, the 8,500 square foot Parks Operations <br /> Base would replace scattered facilities at Millhouse Road Park used for office and equipment <br /> storage. <br /> The County has recently completed the schematic design phase of the project and updated <br /> cost estimates based on the building dimensions described above and programming needs of <br /> the future building occupants. Based on those estimates, the current authorized budget <br /> amount is not sufficient to complete the entire scope of the project. <br /> With no changes to the current project scope or value engineering, the project is projected to <br /> exceed the budgeted appropriation by approximately $13 million. Attachment 1 details the <br /> schematic design cost estimates and budgeted appropriations for each element of the project. <br />