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8 <br /> 1 SLIDE #7 <br /> FY2021-26 Recommended Capital Investment Plan <br /> Orange County Campus Expansion—paga 130 <br /> New Academic Budding <br /> -Facility+a W,pian results In May <br /> -526 B MIMI-coral tsl.matM prgecf costs <br /> -ESFltnated at 58.000 squart feet <br /> -250 surface parking w­ <br /> Project Phasing <br /> -FY2020-21:Planning Old 0e ign-$1 Million <br /> -FY2021-22:Slte preaaration-$3.1 million <br /> -FY2022-23:C—t—t—-522.5 nNIO, <br /> • New Operating Coslsot$365,000 starting in FY2023-24 <br /> • Current debt Service SatisRed in PY2027 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Commissioner Dorosin referred to Slide #2. He asked if there is a process for <br /> 5 determining what is recommended for funding and what is not. <br /> 6 Travis Myren said all requests that are not funded are new, while the funded requests <br /> 7 are based on ongoing operations. <br /> 8 Commissioner Greene said she understands the rationale for that, but would like to put <br /> 9 in a good word for the Small Business Center support. She said the County owes it to small <br /> 10 businesses to provide support. She said she would like to see it funded at some point. She <br /> 11 said she was going to suggest using article 46 sales tax, but believes those funds are already <br /> 12 fully allocated for this year. <br /> 13 Chair Price asked if any American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will be used for <br /> 14 DTCC, given what DTCC is doing related to people out of work and getting job skills. <br /> 15 Travis Myren said he looked at the eligibility criteria for ARPA funds, and how they could <br /> 16 be applied to the education realm. He said he will look into whether funds could go to DTCC, or <br /> 17 if they have to go to go to individuals. <br /> 18 Chair Price said it seems that there would be a way for the funds to go to the college, <br /> 19 since community colleges are being relied on across the country to help with economic recovery <br /> 20 coming out of the pandemic. She said if that were possible, the numbers could be reworked so <br /> 21 the Small Business Center could be funded. <br /> 22 Travis Myren said ARPA is one-time money, so it would be best not to apply it to <br /> 23 ongoing expenses, but he would look into whether any of the new funding requests from DTCC <br /> 24 would be eligible. <br /> 25 Chair Price said she understands not wanting to use one-time money, but it could used <br /> 26 to leverage other possibilities. <br /> 27 Commissioner Fowler said reserve funds are being used for several things, leaving a <br /> 28 balance of$775,168 in the Article 46 Sales Tax fund. She asked if this could be used for the <br /> 29 Small Business Center. She said $614,000 is earmarked for economic development, and asked <br /> 30 if there are any unused funds that could go towards the schools, or if all the money for schools <br /> 31 has been used. <br /> 32 Travis Myren said this amount is currently in the economic development portion of that <br /> 33 budget. He said the schools portion is completely allocated every year. <br /> 34 Commissioner Fowler asked if the Economic Development money could be used for the <br /> 35 Small Business Center support. <br /> 36 Travis Myren said possibly. <br /> 37 Commissioner Bedford asked if DTCC would receive ARPA funds or other resources, <br /> 38 which could be used to supplement expenditures. <br /> 39 President Buxton said DTCC is putting $70,000 of federal funding into Small Business <br /> 40 Center support to expand in Durham and Orange counties. He said DTCC would like to do <br />