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2 <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board of County Commissioners <br />approve the FY 2009-19 recommended County, Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools and Orange <br />County Schools Capital Investment Plan (CIP) with the following exceptions: <br />• Implementation of a 1-cent tax rate increase, effective July 1, 2009, to fund county <br />facilities capital maintenance <br />o Recommendation: Postpone implementation until economic conditions are better <br />• Stabilization of buildings at Blackwood Farm at New Hope Park and Millhouse Road Park <br />o Recommended Funding Plan <br />o FY 2009-10 Recommendation - use $275,000 of the $850,000 allocated <br />to the Link Center project to fund the farmstead stabilization projects at <br />Blackwood Farm at New Hope Park and Millhouse Road Park <br />^ Note -Recommended funding for Link Center Renovations project <br />occurs over two years, FY 2009-10 and FY 2010-11 <br />o FY 2010-11 Recommendation -Replenish monies borrowed from Link <br />Center in FY 2009-10 by postponing FY 2010-11 funding allocation for <br />Courts and Detention Future Needs Project for one year <br />^ Note: Intended use of monies recommended for Courts and <br />Detention Future Needs Project is planning and design of future <br />facility needs. Postponement of funding for one year will not be <br />detrimental to the project as a whole. <br />o This recommendation avoids redirecting 2001 bond monies originally <br />intended for Twin Creeks to Blackwood Farm and Millhouse Road Park <br />• $1.2 million in Emergency Service Reserve for Emergency Services needs <br />o Recommendation: Direct staff to report to Board in a future meeting how the <br />$1.2 million would be appropriated in FY 2009-10 <br />• Link Government Services Center Renovation Timeline <br />o Recommendation: Direct staff to report to Board in a future meeting renovation <br />details allowed by available funding with a corresponding timeline for completing <br />the renovations <br />