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.ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 25, 2001 <br />Action Age da <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award: Franklin Street Pocket Park <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Bid Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-0501 <br />Durham fi88-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid and approving a contract for construction of the pocket <br />park at 503 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill. <br />BACKGROUND: The route taken for the construction of the pocket park at the Skills <br />Development Center has been a circuitous one, so it may be helpful to provide a brief <br />chronology in order to put into context the action requested by this abstract. <br />1. The Board originally endorsed the pocket park concept on June 2, 1998 via an abstract <br />presented by Commissioner Margaret Brown. The minutes of the meeting reflect that the <br />concept was approved and referred to the Chapel Hill Appearance Commission as part of <br />the Skills Development Center project. Further, instructions from the Board included <br />contacting the Chapel Hill Town Manager and Police Chief regarding any special security <br />risks that might be created as a result of the park. Town staff indicated that the project <br />required only staff review, which was carried out. The staff review includes review and <br />comment by the Police Chief. Additional lighting was added to the building to address <br />security concerns and the kiosk was redesigned such that the solid panel stopped 3' from <br />the ground so as to easily see anyone who might be hiding behind it. <br />2. On January 19, 1999, the Board approved a design contract with Dick Wilkerson and <br />received preliminary cost estimates. The cost estimate cited in the abstract was $77,000. <br />However, this estimated cost did not contemplate the extensive right of way work that was <br />ultimately required by the Town. The minutes of that meeting reflect that the Board <br />approved the use of any surplus money in the Skills Development Project Fund and up to <br />$25,000 from the 1997 Park Bond funds. <br />3. The Town staff completed their review and requested several changes to bring the project <br />into closer correlation with the Streetscape design. <br />