Agenda - 03-10-20; 6-a - Defining a Final Project Scope for County Space for the 203 South Greensboro Street Project in Cooperation with the Town of Carrboro

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 10, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 6-a SUBJECT: Defining a Final Project Scope for County Space for the 203 South Greensboro Street Project in Cooperation with the Town of Carrboro DEPARTMENT: County Manager, Asset Management Services (AMS) ATTACHMENT(S): 1 — Option 1 - Budget Allocation with Skills INFORMATION CONTACT: Development Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, 2 — Option 2 - Budget Allocation Library 919-245-2308 Only Steve Arndt, AMS Director, 919-245- 3 — Draft First Amendment to the 2658 Development Agreement 4 — Revised Design Schedule 5 — Original Executed Development Agreement (Dated December 4, 2017) PURPOSE: To authorize a final project scope for the 203 South Greensboro Street Project in cooperation with the Town of Carrboro and to consider, if appropriate, the First Amendment to a Development Agreement between the Town of Carrboro and Orange County for the design and construction of a jointly used government facility at 203 Greensboro Street in the Town of Carrboro. BACKGROUND: In December 2017, Orange County and the Town of Carrboro signed a Development Agreement for the design and construction of a facility that would jointly contain administrative offices for the Town of Carrboro, spaces for The Arts Center of Carrboro, and the Orange County Southern Branch Library (Attachment 5). The design process began shortly afterward and proceeded until the development of schematic design documents and initial cost estimates. At that point, The Arts Center of Carrboro withdrew from the project. Subsequently, both Orange County and the Town of Carrboro have discussed changes to the occupant mix and associated space allocation within the facility. The Town has proposed adding various functions totaling approximately 6,950 square feet in Town allocated space while the County staff have discussed adding a permanent location for the Skills Development Center. Adding the Skills Development Center would increase the County's space by approximately 12,600 square feet and increase the County's overall space allocation from 41% to 56%. This abstract would authorize the final scope of County space by outlining two options. One of these options would be memorialized in the First Amendment to the Development Agreement.