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1 <br /> ORD-2024-031 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Durham Tech Orange County Campus Expansion Sustainability Enhancements <br /> and Approval of Budget Amendment #2-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Durham Tech Memorandum Kirk Vaughn, 919-245-2153 <br /> 2. Year-to-Date Budget Summary JB Buxton, Durham Tech, 919-536- <br /> 7250, ext. 6003 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of a Durham Tech Orange County Campus expansion funding <br /> request to meet sustainability goals and consider approval of Budget Amendment #2-A. <br /> BACKGROUND: In designing its upcoming expansion to the Orange County Campus, Durham <br /> Tech identified four sustainability targets to achieve as compared to standard building <br /> construction. These are: <br /> • 25% reduction in energy use and associated carbon emissions <br /> • 35% reduction in indoor water use <br /> • 45% reduction in lighting energy use <br /> • 100% reduction in outdoor water use <br /> In order to acheive these goals, the Community College identified two purchases that were outside <br /> of the original scope of the construction, and would require additional funding by the County. The <br /> first is the purchase of an all electric heat pump HVAC system. This would incur an additional <br /> $159,000 above the scope of the initial budget. The second purchase is to convert all light fixtures <br /> in the current facility to LED. The cost of installing LEDs in the expansion is already funded. The <br /> conversion in the existing facility would have a cost of $116,000, and would have an estimated <br /> return on investment in less than eleven (11) years. These two purchases would require approval <br /> of Budget Amendment #2-A, adding $275,000 in additional debt financing to the current project <br /> budget of $11 million for the expansion. This would amend the following project ordinance in the <br /> School Capital Fund as follows: <br />