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15 <br /> 1 Chair Rich said the addition of 42 new jobs is important, and this type of company <br /> 2 supports the County's work with Durham Tech. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Price, to <br /> 5 open the Public Hearing. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Public Comment <br /> 10 None <br /> 11 <br /> 12 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Bedford, to <br /> 13 close the Public Hearing. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 16 <br /> 17 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price, to <br /> 18 approve the "performance-based" economic development incentive agreement between <br /> 19 Orange County and the Company, Piedmont Metalworks, LLC, subject to final review by the <br /> 20 County Attorney, and authorize the Chair to sign the agreement on behalf of the County. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 23 <br /> 24 6. Regular Agenda <br /> 25 <br /> 26 a. Link Government Services Center Remediation Protect Options for Consideration <br /> 27 <br /> 28 BACKGROUND: The Link Government Services Center has experienced long-term water <br /> 29 infiltration into the building envelope. A remediation project has been planned, and the project <br /> 30 has been let for bid twice. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 On October 20, 2019, moderate rainfall occurred at the Link Center and resulted in visible <br /> 33 quantities of water penetrating the interior of the building. During this same time, indoor air <br /> 34 quality tests began to indicate higher levels biological contaminants compared to identical tests <br /> 35 taken throughout the prior year. These changing conditions warranted a root cause analysis to <br /> 36 confirm that the scope of the remediation project would correct the deficiencies that were <br /> 37 allowing the additional water penetration. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 On October 24, 2019, Boomerang Design performed a series of investigative demolition cuts <br /> 40 into the building's cavity wall. According to the architect's report, these cuts revealed, "...a <br /> 41 critical element of the building envelope, the continuous sheathing, was in fact, not continuous." <br /> 42 The architect and engineer further reported that, "The breaches were irregular enough to <br /> 43 confidently say that a contractor would not be able to find all breaches and seal them to prevent <br /> 44 future water intrusion without removing all of the brick and cast stone." <br /> 45 <br /> 46 The scope of the current remediation project that was bid on September 5t" and September 25t" <br /> 47 does not include this additional scope of work which would add approximately $2 million to the <br /> 48 projected cost of the project and would add months to the project duration. These additional <br /> 49 costs and timing may warrant an examination of alternatives for administrative office space. <br /> 50 <br />