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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 14, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $ ~ <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award - Renovations at Planning 8~ Agriculture <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing, Planning, ERCD and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />Public Works BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Tabulation <br />Floor plan depicting work contained in this <br />bid <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />David Stancil, ext 2590 -. <br />Pam Jones, ext 2650 - <br />Wilbert McAdoo, ext 2625 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 - <br />Durham 688-7331 - <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for general contract work in conjunction with <br />renovations at Planning $~ Agriculture Center, 306 Revere Road, Hillsborough. <br />BACKGROUND: ERCD has been intermingled with the Planning Department since it's <br />inception in1998. This renovation will create office space for the Department by enclosing the <br />front porch area of the Planning and Ag Building, thereby allowing them to consolidate their <br />offices into one area. <br />The renovation wi~:incarpocate:window units across the front of the porch area and will extend <br />approximately to~:westedge of the Soil and Water offices. ERCD new walls constructed as <br />part of the reno~.w~l be finished with drywall, the area will be carpeted and will have <br />suspended ceilir~Hith lay-in lighting fixtures. An entrance corridor will provide entry into the <br />building at the present location. The project is anticipated to take from 30-60 days and <br />contractors are ready to begin immediately. <br />The Planning Department will expand into the area vacated by ERCD. Additional minor <br />renovations, outside of the scope of this contract, will occur within Planning and the vacated <br />space after ERCD has moved. <br />Plann+ng, ERCD;-Public Works and Purchasing Department-sta#s evaluated existing space and <br />developed plans and specifications that would best address space needs. Bids were solicited <br />pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes. Bids were sent out to six prospective contractors. <br />A pre-bid conference was held on January 28, 2000. Patriot Builders of Hillsborough, North <br />