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Title
Approval of Capital Project Amendment No.24CPA00029 Appropriating $5,000,000 of Limited Obligation Bond Funding (LOBS) for the New Emergency Operations Center (EOC) & Backup 911/Sheriff's Call Center Capital Project (4730DC158), and Execution of Contract for Architectural/Engineering Design Services with O'Brien Atkins Associates for the EOC & Backup 911/Sheriff's Call Center Project for a fee of $4,820,510
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 10, 2024
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to approve Capital Project Amendment No.24CPA00029 appropriating $5,000,000 of Limited Obligation Bond funding (LOBS) for the new Emergency Operations Center (EOC) & Backup 911/Sheriff's Call Center Capital Project (4730DC158); as well as authorize the County Manager to execute a contract with O'Brien Atkins Associates to provide Architectural/Engineering Design services for the EOC & Backup 911/Sheriff's Call Center Project located at 2422 Broad Street, Durham for a fee of $4,820,510.
Project
Current Budget
Increase/ Decrease
Revised Budget
Emergency Operations Center (EOC) & Backup 911/Sheriff's Call Center Capital Project (4730DC158)
$600,000
$5,000,000
$5,600,000
The goal of this capital project is to replace the existing 1940's era EOC building with a modern, purpose built, complex that will also house the City/County backup 911/Sheriff's call center. The existing EOC facility initially served as the original Durham County Youth Home from 1946 to 1983 and has since undergone multiple renovations to meet the minimum needs of an EOC throughout the following years.
In 2020, a detailed space program was developed by O'Brien Atkins for the EOC facility considering the needs of the EOC through the year 2040. Two program options were developed and determined a need for an approximately 24,000 GSF facility for the EOC itself and the Office of Emergency Management (OES) staff that would be assigned to this location. The programming effo...
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