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8. Discussion of 2009-19 Recommended County Capital Investment Plan (CIP) <br /> Budget Director Donna Coffey distributed a handout. There was a new Table of <br /> Contents and there were also page cross-references as requested by the County <br /> Commissioners. She went over the goldenrod sheet. <br /> Laura Blackmon made reference to the abstract, which highlighted the additional penny <br /> from the capital funding policy, and the three cents for school capital projects and one cent for <br /> County capital projects with pay-as-you-go. Appendix D has a list of all of the needs. <br /> Appendix D-2 is a proposal for the one cent—Jail HVAC system replacement for$900,000; <br /> Historic Courthouse HVAC system replacement for$250,000; Court Street Annex HVAC <br /> system 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 <br /> these increases. Regarding Twin Creeks, there is an item that suggests taking $275,000 from <br /> the 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 131h <br /> Laura Blackmon said that the two school systems would also be making capital <br /> presentations on November 131h <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 131h <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 7:00pm at the F. Gordon <br /> Battle Courtroom in Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />