HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-03-1998 - 9eORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No. 4 - e
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 3, 1998
SUBJECT: Change Order Approval -Additional Funds for Southern Human Services
Center Turn Lane
uEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND Public Hearing: No
CENTRAL SERVICES Budget Amendment Reqd? Yes
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
None PAM JONES, ext. 2650
Telephone Number-
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 967-9251
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To approve a change order for mitigation of unsuitable soils associated
with the left turn lane into the Southem Human Services Center; and to appropriate
additional funds to cover the associated cost.
BACKGROUND: In September, 1997 the Board approved a change order and
appropriated funds to construct the left turn lane at the Southern Human Services
Center. Compaction tests performed as part of the construction work indicate that the
soil is not suitable to maintain a stable base for the road.
The project contractor and architect have met with Town and D.O.T. representatives
and developed a mitigation plan. The plan requires that the soil be undercut and
removed, geo-tech fabric laid to stabilize the soil, then built up to the appropriate grade
with a layer of stone then soil. The cost quoted by the contractor is approximately
$12, 000.
Funds are not available in the project account to support this additional expense. It is
requested that an appropriation not to exceed $12,000 be made from the County Capital
Fund Balance to pay for this change order.
Sales tax amounts will be credited back to this project account upon its conclusion.
After all project costs are considered, including the cost of upfitting the common areas of
the building, any project fund balance would then be transferred back to County Capital
Fund Balance. Based on estimated upfit costs, the amount to be returned to the fund
balance is at least $2,000.
The left turn lane is a condition of the Special Use Permit approval. The facility cannot
receive a certificate of occupancy without the completion of the left turn lane.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the
change order in an amount not to exceed $12,000; and appropriate funds from County
Capital fund balance to support the expense.