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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 9, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. 3 SUBJECT: Northern Park -Operations and Maintenance Costs and Project Timetable DEPARTMENT: Recreation & Parks, ERCD PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Taft, 245-2660 1, Staff Memo re O&M Costs David Stancil, 245-2590 2. Possible Timetable of Activities Marabeth Carr 969-3880 PURPOSE: To consider preliminary cost estimates for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of Northern Community Park (at the Northern Human Services Center), as well as a timetable of possible pre-construction and construction activities. BACKGROUND: On August 29, 2005, the Board reviewed information relative to the proposed Northern Community Park, located on NC 86 seven miles north of Hillsborough adjoining the Northern Human Services Center. This information included a memo on preliminary cost estimates as well as a possible timetable of activities for construction, On October 3, 2005, the Board approved the Master Plan for the Park. An updated memo regarding O&M costs is attached. In general, R&P staff projects the need to begin to expend start up capital and operational costs associated with the park at the time construction begins (in the fall of 2006). Attachment 1 illustrates proposed operating and capital funding needs for start-up and ongoing costs for the park, A timetable for park construction (attached) envisions a site plan application submittal and approval to be completed by .lanuary 2006, followed by preparation of construction drawings, engineering studies and other bid documents in 2006. If the contracted drawings and engineering work is expedited, staff believes that these could be completed and a bid solicited by August 2006 and awarded in September 2006. This would provide for construction to occur generally between October 2006 -September 2007, with a possible park opening in the fall of 2007 or winter of 2007-08 (note -playing fields will take at least one full year to establish and most likely will not be ready for use before the fall 2008 or spring 2009).