HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-25-2001-10aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 25, 2001
Action Agen' ~ Q
Item No.
SUBJECT: Northern Human Services Center Future Use Plan
DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
Report
(Under Separate Cover)
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron Hinton, ext. 2300
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham fi88-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To provide the Board with information regarding the assessment and proposed
future plans for the Northern Human Services Center.
BACKGROUND: In November 1999, the Board of Commissioners created the Northern
Human Services Center Task Force. The charge of the task force is to identify the needs and
develop along-range plan for the Northern Human Services Center and the adjacent property
owned by the County.
The task force, chaired by Commissioner Brown and Commissioner Halkiotis, has met to
assess the facility, adjacent property and available programming. The attached report outlines
the current program operations, proposed program service expansions, facility issues and
proposed enhancements, and proposed recreation areas and park amenities. This integrated
plan addresses the physical facility as well as the external environment.
Highlights of the proposed service expansions include adding the presence of Durham
Technical Community College, EI Centro Latino, Orange County Library and a human services
component.
This Phase I Report is an interim report on the status of the Northern Human Services Center.
A follow-up report, or Phase I I Report, with more specific operational details will be presented in
the fall.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: No decision is required and there is no financial impact at this time.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive this report as
information only.