Agenda Package - 11-19-12 Reg. Meeting

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l County Manager's Report — November 19, 2012 Ongoina Projects Clyde Rhyne Road - Industrial Park Project - The Wooten Company continues to push permitting through the process. They have done a very good job in working with NCDOT and DENR on getting this project permitted. We are waiting on our last permit from DWQ. Once that permit is obtained we can begin easement acquisition and move toward bidding the project. This project needs to be given a notice to proceed by February 15, 2013 to comply with our EDA grant. The only hold up that we see is the easement acquisition from adjoining property owners. I will keep you updated on that progress. Courthouse /Basement Project - The Contractor for the basement renovation is now 95 percent complete. We are now expecting the contractor to be complete by the end of November. County and City Staff were successful in getting the backup 911 plan certified by the State 911 Board. Staff is now working on a grant application for the purchase of equipment in the center. Certification will also allow us to charge certain expenses to the 911 Fund. This will allow us to access more 911 funds from the State in future years. Dr. Howard /Dr. James — Property Acquisition — The County completed the transaction of obtaining these properties on November 1 ". The closing was handled locally by Attorney Jimmy Love. The Community College is already beginning plans for how to renovate the Steele Street Building. I expect them to bring plans as part of their CIP request to the County. Once again they are trying to find other funding sources to complete their plans. I have met and made contact with all the rental tenants in the building. We do have some security issues that need to be addressed. I met with the City Manager concerning some of those issues. The City owns the parking lots around the building and they also have an interest in beautification and security. We will be working with them to address those issues. The Summit Building is being cleaned and readied for Administration, Finance, Legal, GIS and Human Resources to move into the building. We expect that move to take place the week of December 3 rd Other Items County Strategic Planning Process Update — Dan Parks and Ted Abernathy representing the SBTDC have started their meetings with community leaders. The purpose of this phase of the process is to get input from various stakeholders concerning economic development in Lee County. The list of people to interview was gathered during the meetings that Mr. Parks and Mr. Abernathy conducted with the Commissioners and County staff. The stakeholder meetings will take a couple of weeks. After that Dan and Ted will be meeting with the Board to discuss the results of their fact finding efforts. Sanford Lee County Airport Authority —The Authority has been notified that they can move forward with the Design, Engineering and Bidding of the Airport Rehabilitation and Improvement Project by the Division of Aviation (DOT). The Authority has received notice to proceed and