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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 18, 2001 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Creation of Proposed Capital Needs Advisory Task Force and Approval of <br />Task Force Charge <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed Task Force Charge John Link, ext 2300 <br />General Task Force Schedule <br />One Sample Scenario.for Facility Improve- TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />ments with November 2001 Bond Issue Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Current Recruitment Notice for Potential Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Task Force Appointees Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve the creation of, structure, and charge to a proposed Capital Needs <br />Advisory Task Force. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has discussed its intention to create and <br />appoint a Capital Needs Advisory Task Force to review school and County capital needs and <br />provide advice to the Board concerning the composition of a proposed November 2001 Orange <br />County bond referendum. Items recommended to the County for inclusion in this possible bond <br />issue will be referred to the Task Force for review and prioritization along with other proposed <br />recommendations. <br />In conjunction with the Chair, staff drafted 1) a proposed charge to the proposed Capital Needs <br />Advisory Task Force and 2) a possible plan for the size and membership of the Task Force. As <br />part of the Task Force's activities, the Board would direct that the Task Force focus on specific <br />criteria and utilize current policies and documents to guide its work. These parameters for Task <br />Force work are detailed in the. proposed charge, which is attached. The Board may wish to add <br />to, or otherwise modify the suggested elements of the charge. <br />Upon approval of the charge and appointment of the Task Force members, the charge will be <br />delivered to the members so that they can begin reviewing the necessary information, applying <br />the criteria, and formulating proposed recommendations to the Board of Commissioners. The <br />Task Force will consider all recommendations and submit a prioritized list to the Board of <br />Commissioners for consideration for bond issue. In its deliberations, the Board of <br />Commissioners will consider the County Budget Office's initial estimate of the potential tax rate <br />impacts from the debt service of approximately $70 million for the total bond package.