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22 <br /> Commissioner McKee asked if there is a reason that the Skills Development Relocation <br /> Europa Center upfit has a line item of$254,953. He said the BOCC has not even decided if a <br /> skills center will be placed in the library complex. <br /> Bonnie Hammersley said the temporary location for this center will be at the Europa <br /> Center, and it will move there in the next month, and will remain until a new location is <br /> confirmed. She said the skills center had to vacate its Franklin Street location. <br /> Commissioner Price referred to the Link Building, and asked if there will be on-going <br /> costs as the County waits to determine what will be done with it. <br /> Gary Donaldson said these costs were incurred since the decision was made. <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Bedford, seconded by Commissioner Greene to <br /> open the public hearing. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT: <br /> NONE <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Price to <br /> close the public hearing. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Bedford for the <br /> Board to adopt the resolution supporting the application to the Local Government Commission <br /> for approval of the financing. <br /> Commissioner Bedford thanked Gary Donaldson for this information. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 6. Regular Agenda <br /> a. Defining a Final Project Scope for County Space for the 203 South Greensboro <br /> Street Protect in Cooperation with the Town of Carrboro <br /> The Board considered voting to authorize a final project scope for the 203 South <br /> Greensboro Street Project in cooperation with the Town of Carrboro and to consider, if <br /> appropriate, the First Amendment to a Development Agreement between the Town of Carrboro <br /> and Orange County for the design and construction of a jointly used government facility at 203 <br /> Greensboro Street in the Town of Carrboro. <br /> Travis Myren presented this item. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In December 2017, Orange County and the Town of Carrboro signed a Development <br /> Agreement for the design and construction of a facility that would jointly contain administrative <br /> offices for the Town of Carrboro, spaces for The Arts Center of Carrboro, and the Orange <br /> County Southern Branch Library (Attachment 5). The design process began shortly afterward <br /> and proceeded until the development of schematic design documents and initial cost estimates. <br /> At that point, The Arts Center of Carrboro withdrew from the project. <br />