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County Manager's Report — October 18, 2021 Ongoing Projects Courthouse & Government Center Renovations — Work continues in the Main Courthouse Building. Renovations continue to the old Register of Deeds, District Attorneys and Magistrate Courtroom areas. Work at the courthouse should be completed before the holidays. Work at the Government Center is still ongoing. Phase 1 & 2 anticipated completion date is October 22. Phase 3 will start immediately after completion of the first two phases. The smoke stack demolition is complete. We expect completion of this entire project in the first quarter of next year (2022). Historic Courthouse Grant—This process continues to move slowly. We have received notice from the Triangle J Council of Governments, who was our grant writer for this project, that the Federal Government has announced plans to release these funds in the near future. Once the funds are released, the County can move into the construction design phase. We are hopeful that we can bid this project in the spring and award a construction contract by summer. Library — Staff is currently working on the contract with Vines Architecture. We plan on presenting this to the Board at the November 1 Board meeting. The staff is currently reviewing the RFQ responses for the Construction Manager at Risk (CMR). We plan to have this recommendation to the Board at one of the November meetings. Parking Lot Projects — Fred Smith, Inc. has begun work on the parking lot projects for the Courthouse, Board of Education, and Douglas Drive. These projects should be completed by the first of November. BAR Construction has begun the renovations of the Hillcrest Parking lot. This project will be completed by the end of November. There could be traffic issues along Hillcrest when the contractor constructs the new pedestrian walkway from the Parking lot to the building. This should only be for a short time. For the Courthouse and Government Center parking lots, several trees needed to be removed due to safety concerns and space needs. This should have been communicated to the Board prior to the removal due to the sensitivity of this issue. No more trees should be removed for the projects. Parks and Recreation Projects - Bob Hales Center — This project is essentially complete. We continue to work on punch list items with the contractor. After some complaints during a recent volleyball contest, we are looking into the possibility of AC being placed inside the gym. Once we have the estimates we will discuss this potential project with the Commissioners. Horton Pool Design — design for the upgrades to the Horton Pool continue. With the Commissioners approvals at the last board meeting this project should go to bid in December. Park Master Plan Projects — Phase 1 at Horton and Kiwanis Children Parks is almost complete. Enough work is complete at Kiwanis Children's Park for a ribbon cutting and re-opening of the Park to occur on Friday October 15 at 10:00 am. We expect to have Horton Park re-opened any day. We decided to wait on a formal ceremony at Horton until