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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 7, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Justice Facilities Site Expanded Master Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central Services PUBUC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Pam Jones(919)245-2652 <br /> Freeman-White Proposal <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968.4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 338-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider retaining Freeman-White Architects to conduct an expanded master plan of the <br /> downtown Court/GSC campus. <br /> BACKGROUND: County Commissioners approved a process for planning and designing the proposed <br /> Justice Facilities Expansion during the meeting on September 4,2001. The Board directed the <br /> Purchasing Director to seek a proposal for expansion of the existing Master Plan for the Court Campus <br /> in order to consider the potential impacts of the recommendations in the preliminary County Space <br /> Needs Study and incorporate them as might be appropriate.The Justice Facility Master Plan preceded <br /> the publication of the preliminary County Space Study, which proposes expansion of the Government <br /> Services Center(GSC) and potential removal of the Government Services Center Annex(GSCA). The <br /> GSC/GSCA project potentially opens new opportunities for synergistically providing parking for both the <br /> GSC/GSCA and the Justice Facilities projects. Additional information is required however,to ensure <br /> that our planning basis for both the building expansion and the parking structure is realistic and makes <br /> the most efficient use of the available land. <br /> Scone of Work <br /> The proposed expanded master plan will expand the original master plan prepared for the court campus <br /> to include the GSC/GSCA area. Further, it will also consider the impact of the proposed future projects <br /> on the River Park area. Neither project being considered, however,will encroach upon the River Park <br /> area. <br /> The proposed expanded master plan will provide in-depth investigation of the site and will specifically <br /> determine the feasibility of a parking structure on the GSC/GSCA site. The expanded plan will Include <br /> the following major elements: <br /> • Sub-surface investigation to determine the ability of the soil to support the structures proposed; <br /> • Traffic analysis to determine options for moving the significant number of vehicles that a parking <br /> structure would generate; <br /> • Review the preliminary findings of the Space Needs Study and determine a revised space <br /> allocation plan for the courthouse and county government operations, including the Sheriff's <br /> Department. <br /> The proposal is attached to more fully define the scope of work. <br /> Pvnanriari Mactar Plan Wnrk cacsinn nn 4-1f1-i72 may <br />