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1 <br />' ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 7,1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No, q_e <br />SUBJECT: Cost Efficient Facilities Initiatives (CEFI) for Buildings Constructed with County funds <br />DEPARTMENT: purchasing & Central Services. PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones extension 2652 <br />Report <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a concept for maximizing the cost effectiveness of facilities constructed using <br />County funds. <br />BACKGROUND: The attached report outlines a process for pursuing cost efficient facilities for buildings <br />built using County funds. Essentially, the program would create a performance standard overlay to the <br />existing school construction standards.. These performance standards would be used as a benchmark in <br />the design of any county or school facility. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None defined. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board endorse the Cost Efficient <br />Facilities Initiatives (CEFI); and request that the Manager include the item for discussion at the <br />School/Commissioner work session on December 13, 1999. <br />