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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />replacement for $200,000; and 501 W. Franklin Street HVAC system replacement for <br />$100,000. <br />Laura Blackmon said that the growth rate and the debt capacity are going to slow down <br />significantly in the coming years. The 7% growth rate that has been used in the past is not the <br />experience right now. <br />Donna Coffey said that the 7% was based on direction from the Board two falls ago <br />when the average growth rate was 9%. Over the last couple of years, the growth rate average <br />has been 6%. <br />Chair Jacobs said that he thought that a couple of projects were left out. <br />Commissioner Gordon distributed a handout about Option A: Lease/Purchase <br />Hillsborough Commons. <br />Chair Jacobs said that the Board has talked in the past about doing more for the Efland <br />Community Center and it is not on the capital work sheet. <br />Chair Jacobs also made reference to libraries and said that it looks like in the next ten <br />years, the County is not addressing any other library that has been recommended except for <br />southwest Orange and not Cheeks. He did not know that the Board had decided that in the <br />next ten years that it would not even address Cheeks. He wanted to flag this. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked what happened to astro-turfing the soccer field at Smith <br />Middle School. Also, regarding the increases in renovations, the Link Center renovations went <br />up $200,000 from last year. The Animal Services Facility also went up. She asked about these <br />increases. Regarding Twin Creeks, there is an item that suggests taking $275,000 from the <br />bond money to do renovations at other parks. She does not want to do this. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that her feeling is to think about Twin Creeks very seriously. <br />She would like to investigate the possibility of looking into a linear park here so that people <br />could at least walk through the property. The infrastructure is the stumbling block for Twin <br />Creeks. <br />This item is coming back to the Board on November 13tH <br />Laura Blackmon said that the two school systems would also be making capital <br />presentations on November 13tH <br />Commissioner Nelson said that the Board just spent two hours talking about other stuff, <br />and did not get to the CIP. He is frustrated and he wants to insist that work session agendas <br />should be kept at a minimum. <br />Chair Jacobs suggested inviting the school representatives at 8:30 p.m. on the 13tH <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee to <br />adjourn this meeting at 10:0 p.m. to Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 7:OOpm at the F. Gordon <br />Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Donna S. Baker, CMC <br />Clerk to the Board <br />