Agenda 04-05-22; 4-c - Presentation of Manager’s Recommended FY 2022-32 Capital Investment Plan (CIP)

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12 • Parks and Recreation Facility Renovations and Repairs - $180,000 Funding of$180,000 is recommended in FY 2022-23 for ongoing safety, lighting/energy, park infrastructure, signage, preventive maintenance, and landscape improvements to the County's seven parks. Each year, park and recreation equipment and facilities need renovation, safety improvements, repair, replacement, and upgrades. This project provides for a scheduled and prioritized funding source for these needs identified in the 2030 Parks & Recreation Master Plan process. Lake Orange Dam Rehabilitation -$280,000 Lake Orange is a Class II public water supply reservoir owned by Orange County. The lake's primary uses are to serve as a public water supply and to maintain minimum flows in the Eno River as defined within the Eno River Water Management Plan. The Lake Orange dam was classified by North Carolina Division of Environmental Quality(NCDEQ) as a "High Hazard" dam in August 2011. This designation means that failure of the dam could result in severe property damage and/or possible loss of life downstream. In 2018, NCDEQ and a private engineering firm conducted inspections of the dam that identified deficiencies in this 54 year old structure. The County retained professional services in early 2022 to review and prioritize repairs of the dam, intake tower, erosion control barrier, emergency spillway, and concrete spillway channel. The FY2022-23 CIP recommends structural point repairs within and along the existing concrete spillway channel and a full perimeter survey of the Lake Orange shoreline, for a total amount of $280,000. Future fiscal year funding will be recommended to replace the existing intake tower and the existing concrete spillway channel. This project currently represents the full cost of these repairs, but the County will seek federal infrastructure grants to reduce the County's costs. Vehicle Replacements-$1.4 million The Capital Investment Plan is also used to procure replacement vehicles used by County Departments. A total of $1,420,671 is recommended in FY 2022-23 to replace several public safety related vehicles, a remount of an Animal Control vehicle, one (1) new ambulance, three (3) administrative vehicles for Emergency Services, three (3) AMS facility maintenance vehicles, one (1) DEAPR vehicle, one (1) DSS vehicle and three (3) health vehicles. Funding for Sheriff vehicle replacements was sized to be able to replace fifteen (15)vehicles each year until FY 2027- 28, to decrease the average age of the fleet. $1.3 million of this total is county funded and the additional $106,631 will be grant funded. The Vehicle Replacement project also includes an additional Emergency Management Pickup Truck funded by a Homeland Security Grant and the Town of Hillsborough-funded fire marshal vehicle ($106,631 in total), which was not able to be purchased in FY 2021-22. The terms of the contract with Hillsborough provide $9,000 each year to collect in this project to eventually purchase a replacement Fire Marshal vehicle when needed. Page 1 10