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Budget Ordinance Amendment No.15BCC000042 Appropriating $197,205 of Debt Service Fund Balance and Transferring Those Funds to the General Fund (Engineering Department) and Approval of Professional Services for the Update to the Durham County Space Needs Analysis and Facility Master Plan
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DATE OF BOCC MEETING: March 9, 2015
REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION:
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The Board is requested to authorize Budget Ordinance Amendment No15BCC000042 appropriating $197,205.00 of Debt Service Fund fund balance and transferring those funds into the General Fund (Engineering Department), and to authorize the County Manager to enter into a contract with O'Brien/Atkins and Associates, P.A. (OBA) for professional services to provide an update to the Durham County Space Needs Analysis and Facility Master Plan in the amount of $186,655.00 plus a reimbursable amount of $10,550.00 thus totaling a not to exceed budget of $197,205.00 (See Attachment 1, Pages 1-6)
The request for qualifications (RFQ) process for hiring an architect for the Durham County Space Needs Analysis and Facility Master Plan was completed in early 1999 with O'Brien/Atkins and Associates, P.A. being selected as the most qualified firm for the project. On March 22, 1999, the BOCC approved the execution of a contract with OBA in the amount of $148,750.00 for the Durham County Space Needs Analysis and Facility Master Plan. The previous contract has expired and resulted in a Space Needs Analysis and Facility Master Plan that was completed in March 2000 and amended in March 2003. The Plan served Durham County in two ways: 1) As a basic guide to elected officials and administrators in all decisions relating to the need for and the provision of building space. 2) As a comprehensive Facility Master Plan that could be updated to meet changing conditions. The structure of the Facility Master Plan was previously organized based on three components:
* An evaluation of the existing faci...
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