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5 <br /> <br />Commissioner Dorosin said all of the information is helpful, but in the future he would 1 <br />like staff to provide more information about the districts themselves, such as how many 2 <br />structures in their districts, the scope the community that is served, etc. 3 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said White Cross is going to apply $40,000 from its fund 4 <br />balance towards the fire training tower installation, and asked if other districts are contributing 5 <br />to the fire tower. 6 <br />Deputy Chief Moody said the grant was secured through the Fire Chief’s Council, and 7 <br />the tower will be temporarily located on Millhouse Road. He said the training tower will arrive in 8 <br />August, and the Town of Chapel Hill has given the land, and the White Cross funds will help do 9 <br />some of the grading work, and ensure that the grant is not lost. He said this is combination 10 <br />effort from all of the departments. 11 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the cost is equally distributed. 12 <br />Deputy Chief Moody said this tower will benefit everyone, and no one is worried about 13 <br />equal distribution of cost at this point. 14 <br />Travis Myren said there is a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in place. 15 <br />Tony Blake, Board of Directors’ President, said there is an MOU in place to cover cost 16 <br />sharing, and this is just a contingency in order to make sure the funds are there to get the 17 <br />portable tower in time before the grant runs out. 18 <br />Commissioner Marcoplos said he appreciated all of the work that went into getting this 19 <br />tower and siting it. 20 <br />Chair Rich referred to the MOU, and asked if there is language for White Cross to 21 <br />recoup some of the monies. 22 <br />Travis Myren said the MOU is between the fire districts. 23 <br />Tony Blake said the cost sharing will be determined by district, as well as the 24 <br />maintenance; for example: there is hope to get a hydrant out there, and all will share in the 25 <br />costs of that. 26 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 27 <br /> 28 <br />CIP Questions 29 <br />• Project Prioritization – Scoring System (See Handouts) 30 <br /> 31 <br />Travis Myren said the Board asked about Installation and Pay-Back in reference to 32 <br />geothermal wells: The County currently has 3 geothermal HVAC systems, which serve 6 33 <br />facilities. Geothermal systems are often 20% more expensive than traditional HVAC systems, 34 <br />and this difference in cost can be justified through avoided costs of energy and maintenance. 35 <br /> 36 <br />• Category of Project 37 <br />– 5 Points for Repair 38 <br />– 3 Points for Replacement 39 <br />– 1 Point for Improvement 40 <br />• Ranking Within Multi-Project Proposals 41 <br />– 3 Points for Critical (Known Failures, Significant Risk) 42 <br />– 1 Point for Less Critical 43 <br />• Stakeholder Awareness 44 <br />– 3 Points for Most Visible 45 <br />– 1 Point for Least Visible 46 <br /> 47 <br />• Project Prioritization – 11 Point Scale; 57 Projects; $6,674,449 Recommended 48 <br />Investment 49 <br />• Project Scores 9-11 50