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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 25, 2001 <br />Action Agen' ~ Q <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Northern Human Services Center Future Use Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Report <br />(Under Separate Cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham fi88-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the Board with information regarding the assessment and proposed <br />future plans for the Northern Human Services Center. <br />BACKGROUND: In November 1999, the Board of Commissioners created the Northern <br />Human Services Center Task Force. The charge of the task force is to identify the needs and <br />develop along-range plan for the Northern Human Services Center and the adjacent property <br />owned by the County. <br />The task force, chaired by Commissioner Brown and Commissioner Halkiotis, has met to <br />assess the facility, adjacent property and available programming. The attached report outlines <br />the current program operations, proposed program service expansions, facility issues and <br />proposed enhancements, and proposed recreation areas and park amenities. This integrated <br />plan addresses the physical facility as well as the external environment. <br />Highlights of the proposed service expansions include adding the presence of Durham <br />Technical Community College, EI Centro Latino, Orange County Library and a human services <br />component. <br />This Phase I Report is an interim report on the status of the Northern Human Services Center. <br />A follow-up report, or Phase I I Report, with more specific operational details will be presented in <br />the fall. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No decision is required and there is no financial impact at this time. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive this report as <br />information only. <br />