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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 9, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- q <br />SUBJECT: Contract Approval: Innovative Design for Wastewater Treatment Design <br />Services at Northern Human Services Center and Feasibility Analysis of <br />Sustainable Design Elements <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Cost Proposals for: <br />Feasibility Analysis Defining Optional <br />Strategies Far Sustainable Design <br />Elements Available Far Use At <br />NHSC <br />Wastewater Treatment System <br />Design <br />INFORMATION GONTACT: <br />Pam Jones (919) 245-2652 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving a contract for: <br />1, Feasibility analysis of specific sustainable design elements at the Northern Human <br />Services Center (NHSC) per Innovative Design proposal dated April 27, 2003; and <br />2. Design services related to the wastewater treatment system at the Center. <br />BACKGROUND: On October 27, 2003, the Board endorsed a proposal from Innovative Design <br />that laid out specific areas in which a sustainable design approach for construction might be <br />appropriate. The Board has previously expressed a desire to use the NHSC as a model for <br />sustainable design strategies in future development of the site. In addition, the Board <br />previously approved the feasibility study upon which a grant to the State Energy Office is based. <br />Approval of that request during the current funding cycle does not appear likely. However, <br />since the grant funds were primarily targeted to construct the educational component of the <br />project, the non-funded status of the grant is of little consequence to the actual system <br />construction. Should the grant be funded in the future, the educational component may be <br />constructed. <br />The work accomplished through the acceptance of the feasibility analysis proposal would clearly <br />identify the feasibility of a variety of options and their associated cost, from which the Board <br />could then select its preference. <br />