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6 <br /> Kirk Vaughn presented the first staff-generated option for potential Commissioner amendments. <br /> This option focused on delaying projects currently scheduled for construction in Year 2 (with design in Year <br /> 1) by a single year, with the primary goal of reducing the tax equivalent rate increase in FY 2029. On the <br /> school side, this would include delaying the Estes Hills project by one year, resulting in approximately $2 <br /> million in additional costs due to inflation at a 3% rate. On the county side,four large-scale projects would <br /> similarly be delayed one year: Affordable Housing, the Historic Courthouse, the first phase of the Viper <br /> radio system, and the Emergency Services Headquarters. He said this option reduces the four-year tax <br /> equivalent to 9.79 cents. <br /> Slide#7 <br /> Capital Investment Plan <br /> Option 2 Project loriginal Year INew Year <br /> Delay Projects throughout CIP Plan FY 20 FY 20 <br /> Affordable Housing FY 2030-30-31 31 29 FY 2031-31-3232 <br /> FY 2033-34 FY 2034-35 <br /> — Delays 3 remaining school projects 1 year Central Recreation FY 2030-31 FY 2031-32 <br /> Adds$6 million in inflation that would otherwise go to Historic Courthouse FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29 <br /> High Priority Needs <br /> 1-32 <br /> ES Substations FY 03 -31 FY 2 <br /> F 3 <br /> Y 035-36 Out off CIP CIP <br /> — Delays all tranches of Affordable Housing,the Historic -29 <br /> FY 20-28 28 <br /> Court House,both VIPER phases,Central Recreation VIPER FY FY z022027-28 FY 2028-31 <br /> facility,second and third ES Substation all out 1 year. <br /> Emergency Services Headquarters out 4 years, ES Headquarters FY 2027-28 FY 2031-32 <br /> Rogers Road Community Center out 3 years. <br /> Rogers Road Community Center FY 2029-30 FY 2032-33 <br /> — Results in Total Debt plus Pay-Go Tax Increases of Cedar Grove Storage Wing FY 2029-30 FY 2033-34 <br /> 9.17 cents through FY2029-30 Convert existing ES <br /> Headquarters into Admin building FY 2029-30 FY 2033-34 <br /> 7 ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Kirk Vaughn described a second, more aggressive option.This option would not only delay Year-2 <br /> projects but would also push back large-ticket items in both the school and county CIP plans by one year, <br /> and in two specific cases (the Emergency Services Headquarters and the Rogers Road Community Center) <br /> would delay those projects by multiple years. Kirk Vaughn explained that those two facilities are not in <br /> poor condition currently. He said the Emergency Services project is about expanding into a larger, more <br /> secure space and then repurposing the existing facility for county administrative staff. The Rogers Road <br /> facility can also continue to serve its current function for an extended period. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked for more information on why the Emergency Services and Rogers Road <br /> projects would be moved out. <br /> Kirk Vaughn clarified that the reason for pursuing those two projects is not driven by the current <br /> buildings' condition. He reiterated that the Emergency Services Headquarters expansion is aimed at a <br /> capacity and security upgrade, not an emergency replacement.The existing building remains functional. <br /> Commissioner McKee asked what would be done with the space vacated when county employees <br /> move out of the Revere Road facility. <br /> Kirk Vaughn said that staff currently at the Revere Road facility would move to the existing <br /> Emergency Services headquarters and then Revere Road would be surplus property available for <br /> affordable housing purposes. He said that the property had previously been discussed as a potential site <br />