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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 29, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: Discussion of Recommended 2000-2010 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Recommended 2000-2010 CIP (previously distributed under separate cover) Staff Information Paper on Firing Range INFORMATION CONTACT: Jahn Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 Donna Dean, ext 2151 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To discuss the proposed 2000-2010 Capital Investment Plan (CIP). BACKGROUND: The County Manager presented his recommended ten year CIP fior 2000- 2010 at the Board's work session on March 23. Time was allocated during the March 27 joint work session with the school boards to discuss major elements of the school CIPs. Discussion of the County CIP has been scheduled for this March 29 work session, with a public hearing on the overall CIP scheduled for the regular meeting on April 17. Final CIP deliberations will be scheduled far a subsequent budget work session. This work session gives the Board an opportunity for closer examination of specific projects in the CIP. While the Board may choose at this work session to discuss any or all projects in the CIP, there are two specific topics we would commend to the Board's attention. First, staff have prepared an information paper related to criteria and possible action steps for siting a law enforcement weapons firing range. Secondly, the Board may wish to discuss the need to plan for a possible bond referendum to address the convergence of a number of facility and program needs that will require resources beyond those available to the County through pay-as-you-go sources in the next decade. Among others, these include new schools, justice facilities, open space and recreation, and senior centers. The Board has enjoyed past success with establishing citizen capital needs advisory committees and bond education committees to help refine the most important needs that should be included in any bond package, and to help explain to voters the needs that exist. Given the importance of ensuring that the various task farces that are currently examining the capital needs just listed have adequate time to complete their recommendations for consideration by the BOCC and a new capital needs task force that the Manager recommends be appointed, one reasonable option to consider would be to use the November, 2002 general election as a starting point for developing a possible bond referendum.