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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 7, 2001 Action Age da I[em Nn ~- R~ SUB.IECT: Justice Facilities Site Expandetl Master Plan DEPARTMENT: Pumhasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING (YIN) No Services ATTACHMENTIS): INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Jones (919)245-2fi52 Freeman-While Proposal TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough ]3241181 Chapel Hill B68i801 Durham 688-]331 Mebane 338.227-2831 PURPOSE: To censitler retelning Freeman-While ArchkectsbcorWUd an expantletl master plan of the tlownbwn CourVGSC campus. BACKGROUND: The eoerd d Count' Commissbnem approvetl a process for planning antl tlesigning [he proposetl Justice Facilities Expansion during the meeting on September 4, 2001. The Boats tlireGetl fhe Purchasing Oiredw to seek a gopwal for expansion d Me ezieting Master Plan for the Court Campus in oMer m mneitler the potential impala of the reoommendatlons In the preliminary County Space Needs Study and incorporate them as might be appropriate. The Justice Facility Master Plan preceded Ne publication of the preliminary County Space Stutly, which proposes expansion d the Govemmem 3ervicea Center (GSC) end pptemisl removal d Me Govemmem Services Center Annex (GSCA). The GSCIGSCA prged potentially opens new opportunities for syneryistirally providing Parking (or bath the GBGGSGA and the Justice FacilBies pmleds. Adtli8onal infoimetlon la required, however, to ensure that the planning basis far bdh Ne builtlin0 expansion end the perking atrudure le realistic antl makes the rtwst eRGent use of the available lantl. Scope of WoGr The proposed expantletl master plan will expantl the original master plan preperetl for Me court campus to include the GBGGSGA area. Further,8will alro consider the impact of the proposetl future protects on the River Park area. NeMer pmjed being mnsidereq however, will encroach upon the River Park area The proposetl expanded master plan will provitle indepth investigation of the she and will spedFlCally determine the feasibility of a partcing stmdure on the GBGGSGA elte. The expantletl plan will inGUtle the fdlowing major elements: • Sub-surface investigation tp determine the ability pf the soil to support the stmcWres propcsetl;