HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-18-2000 - 5bORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: January 18, 2000
Action Agenda
Item No. -- 6
SUBJECT: Resolution Indicating SHSC Site Is Not an Option for IFC Facility Development
DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Moses Carey, County Commissioner
Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider a resolution that indicates that the Southern Human Services Center (SHSC)
site on Homestead Road is not an option for future development of Interfaith Council (IFC) facilities.
BACKGROUND: The Interfaith Council (IFC) has asked the Commissioners in a letter dated November
29, 1999 to clarify whether the SHSC may be considered an option as they pursue sites upon which to
develop future facilities.
The SHSC site was purchased by the County keeping in mind the long-range expansion that would be
needed to support County services in the southern part of the County. The County is pursuing joint
development of a Senior Center with the University, utilizing both County and University land along the
south/southwestern edge of the SHSC site.
Of the three additional building sites that have been identified on the property, at least two of them may
be needed to fulfill known needs for future Human Services expansion and Court facility development.
Since the only other County-owned facility in Chapel Hill (Northside) offers no opportunity for expansion,
future construction of any County facility is likely to fall to the SHSC site. It would therefore seem
prudent to maintain development options on the site.
In addition, lack of transportation to the site creates obstacles for clients needing this service. It is likely
that this would be an obstacle for IFC clients as well.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with the adoption of this resolution.
Preserving the remaining building footprints for future County service delivery facilities will result in future
cost avoidance for land that would likely be measured in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
RECOMMENDATION(S): Approval of the attached resolution is recommended; and the Clerk is
instructed to submit an executed copy to the IFC leadership in response to the November 29, 1999
letter.
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION INDICATING THAT THE SOUTHERN HUMAN SERVICES SITE
IS NOT AN OPTION FOR IFC FACILITY DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, on November 29, 1999 the Interfaith Council (IFC) requested that the County
express their interest in providing land at the Southern Human Services Center (SHSC) site
upon which to locate an IFC facility; and
WHEREAS, the County has purchased 34 acres of land on Homestead Road, Chapel Hill to
accommodate the long term growth of County services for citizens in the southern part of the
county; and
WHEREAS, future services needs for county functions have been identified to fill the available
building sites on the property; and
WHEREAS, long-term lease and/or sale of the land could jeopardize the County's ability to
adequately address future facility needs in southern Orange County; and
WHEREAS, IFC clients rely heavily on public transportation and since public transportation to
the Homestead site continues to present daily challenges; and
WHEREAS, the County supports the efforts of IFC to provide services to the homeless in our
community and is willing to support IFC's efforts to develop relocation plans that best meet
transportation and support services needs;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the land at the Homestead Road site should not
be considered as a potential site for the IFC facility development.
This, the 18'' day of January, 2000.
Chair
Moses Carey
Orange County Board of Commissioners
(seal)