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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 19, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Reconsideration of Pocket Park at Skills Development Center DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Central PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No Services ATTACHMENT(S): • Town of Chapel Hill Resolution granting funding for Right -of -Way Work at 501/503 West Franklin Street • Original computer rendering of project INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Jones (919) 245 -2652 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336 - 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To reconsider the construction of a pocket park at the Skills Development Center, 503 West Franklin Street. BACKGROUND: On June 21, 1999 by a vote of 3 -2, the Board voted to suspend efforts to develop a pocket park in conjunction with the Skills Development Center on Franklin Street, citing cost as an issue. A primary cost factor was the work that was required in the Town's right -of -way. The Town had requested materials and design elements that would have served to increase the overall cost of the project to the County. The Town recently passed a resolution that appropriates up to $60,000 of available Streetscape funding to build the right -of -way portion of the property. As the Board may recall, the estimate for right of way construction was only $15,000. The Town will reimburse the County whatever the cost of right of way improvements might be, up to a maximum of $60,000. Information from the Town indicates that any cost beyond $60,000 will not be reimbursed. Their commitment extends only to work done in the right of way. The resolution calls for the work to be done as part of the County's construction contract. In light of this new development, Commissioner Carey has asked that the item be brought forward for reconsideration. As the Board may recall, the construction estimate for the pocket park was approximately $77,000, with an estimated $15,000 being attributed to the right -of -way improvements. Modifications that would not materially affect the overall project were incorporated into the design, bringing the estimated cost of construction to approximately $65,000, including an estimated $15,000 for right -of -way improvements. Assuming the 1999 estimates are accurate, this would bring the cost of construction for the County portion of the project to approximately $50,000, not considering inflationary factors over the past year.