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-~'/ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Ded: May 6, 2002 Argon Agentla Item No. BBBJELT' J 1 F Ides Develo ment DEPARTMENT: Pumhasin9 antl Cenbal Services PUBLIC NEARING. (VIN) No ATTALHMENTt81: INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam JOnea tBl9)2a5-2852 44-01 agentla abatred rewmmentling IMe faullty planning pm<e¢8 TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough T82-0181 Lhapel Nill 988d8a1 Durham BBB~T331 Meban< S38d2T8g31 PURPOSE: To provide inormation regarding the evolution of the County's Master Plan far the Downtown Hillsborough campus. BACKGROUND: The Town Commissioners have previously receivetl information about the County's master pWn for court facilities expansion. In ortler t< provide up-to-data information, the County Dommissionera have asked their consultant Freeman-While Ar<hilects, to present en overview of the expandetl master plan of the Downtown CourVGOVemmenl Services Center campus tluring the joint Town/County wcrk session on May 8, 2002. The County Commissioners received the informalon during a work session on April 30, 2002. The intolmetion is intentletl to provitle a point of tleparture for tliswssion about issues whose sotufions may fall untler the jurisdiction of the Town antl/or other regulatory agencies. In order to lentl historical parspeQive to the tliscussion. it is helpful to recall that the County Commissioners have, for the past several years, been presentetl wbh various options for the expansion of Justice Facilities. For a verieN of reasons antl with the support of the Town of Hillsborough, expressed through a resolution from [he Town, it was tleterminetl that [he Court facilities shoultl remain in the downtown area re[her than being relacaletl elsewhere. Untleretentling Nat expansion of either the Courthouse or the Government Services Center on this wmpua woultl have ¢ignificant visual impact on [he Town, the BoaN wmmiasimned [he master plan of the downtown site to determine the extent of development that wuM occur The completetl master plan results, that included Justice Facilifies expanaioq potential expansion of the Government Services Center antl the requiretl parking for the ezpantled facilities was presented to the County Commissioners on Apri130, 26@. In the context of the overall build out potential of Ne site, the Board exprassetl preference [owertl a more sustainable level of development. Not surprisingly, even with the diminishetl scope of development on the County's downtown campus, traffic antl perking were itlentified as tvro importantimpacts of the expansion of [he Court facilties. Solution to these issues will likely require the cpllebore[ion of the Town, County antl [he Department of Transportation.