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MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and Town Council From: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager SUBJECT: Response to petition regarding Streetscape improvements in front of the Skills Development Center DATE: May 22, 2000 This report provides information about what steps need to be taken to design and construct Streetscape improvements in front of the Skills Development Center. It also provides preliminary cost estimates for the work and suggests different approaches to scheduling its completion. Adoption of Resolution A would authorize the Town Manager to allocate $60,000 in available Streetscape bond funding to reimburse the Orange County Skills Development Center for the cost of Streetscape improvements within the public right -of -way on the south side of the 500 block of West Franklin Street. Adoption of Resolution B would authorize the Town Manager to postpone Town construction projects scheduled for fall 2000 and allocate $20,000 in available Streetscape bond funding to construct Streetscape improvements within the public right -of -way on the south side of the 500 block of West Franklin Street using Town labor in fall 2000. Adoption of Resolution C would instruct the Town Manager to include construction of Streetscape improvements within the public right -of -way on the south side of the 500 block of West Franklin Street among options for upcoming consideration by the Council for construction using Town labor in late spring and summer of 2001. The Manager recommends adoption of Resolution A. BACKGROUND In late 1998, during construction of the interior renovations at the Skills Development Center, preliminary plans were provided to the Town for development of a landscaped area in front of the building located at 503 West Franklin. During the Town staff's review of these plans it became apparent that development of this landscaped area would likely involve some construction in the public right -of -way and would impact future Streetscape improvements in this area. In response to this, the County provided more detailed plans (Attachment #1), dated February 17, 1999, that included reconstruction of much of the existing Streetscape. At that time the Town staff requested revisions to the plans to make the Streetscape elements of the project more compatible with other downtown areas and to tie the sidewalk material, location and width into the improvements underway in front of the adjacent Chapel Hill Newspaper Building.