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16 1 to the Board, can be looked at. She said that the Board can direct them to do anything they 2 would like for them to speak with Carrboro about. 3 Commissioner Fowler said that labor costs and supply costs went up and asked what 4 was included in the total percentage increase of 32.7°/x. 5 Steve Arndt said that number was based on a report from the AGC that looked at 6 numbers from 2020 and 2021. He said that what was bid in February is based on the current 7 environment. 8 Commissioner Fowler asked if there were any parts of the project that had no bids 9 received. 10 Steve Arndt said bids were due February 9 and several packages didn't have sufficient 11 bids, so staff had resolicit bids and those were all reopened on February 16. 12 Commissioner Fowler clarified that now all bids are received. 13 Steve Arndt said yes. He said he expects to see the final GMP March 7th and expects it 14 to be very similar to what is presented here. 15 Commissioner Fowler asked if it's possible for the GMP to continue going up. 16 Bonnie Hammersley said a GMP will only go up if the owner asks it to go up, which the 17 county won't do, or an act of God, like a huge rock beneath the site that requires removal. 18 Commissioner Fowler said that wasn't her experience with GMPs with the school board, 19 also working with Barnhill. 20 Bonnie Hammersley said that seems unusual. 21 Commissioner Greene clarified that shelling out means no library and no skills 22 development center. She asked what interest rate is applied to the total $8 million. 23 Steve Arndt said 4%. 24 Commissioner McKee said he doesn't see shelling out library as an option. He asked to 25 see the difference between pricing with and without a parking deck. 26 Steve Arndt said the parking deck couldn't be eliminated completely because part of 27 building is underneath. 28 Commissioner McKee clarified he just wants a general number in reduction or a range in 29 price. 30 Steve Arndt said there are 171 spaces in deck and 110 are the county's responsibility. 31 Bonnie Hammersley said the cost of entire parking deck was $8 million. 32 Commissioner McKee said he understands there has to be parking, but this started out 33 as a desire for a library, and increases seem to be getting out of hand. He said that funds for 34 other projects and services will be impacted by these increases, and a tax raise might be 35 required. He said that his concern is how to balance this scenario. 36 Eric Hyde said that about a year ago, they discussed that taking off 1 level of parking 37 deck would save $800,000 to 1 million. 38 Steve Arndt said that the parking deck is composed of concrete and that is one of the 39 major increases in cost. He said that it could be 40-50% higher than the costs projected last 40 year. He said that they would have to calculate that. He said that if the BOCC directs staff to 41 remove parking, they would have to go back and redesign that part of the project and rebid. He 42 said that would take a couple of months. 43 Commissioner McKee said he isn't suggesting that. He said he doesn't understand $2 44 million in architectural costs, and he is trying to get information to make a decision on. He said 45 that they have doubled the cost in a year and a half. 46 Commissioner Hamilton asked if there is a guaranteed time to complete the 47 construction. 48 Steve Arndt said yes and that is part of GMP. 49 Robert Eagle said that it is 18 months from notice to proceed and that there are 50 liquidated damages if they go over on time. 51 Steve Arndt said the clock starts running at the notice to proceed.