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February 5, 2007 (Work Session} Page 252 UPON MOTION by Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner White and unanimously carried, the Board scheduled a public hearing for February 19, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Ware Bonsall Contract Amendment No. 10 Kelly Sifford, Community Development Manager, presented Amendment No. 10 to the contract with Ware Bonsall Architects, Inc. for the Law Enforcement Center project. She reported the amendment changes the wording from "Single Prime General Contractor" to "Construction Manager at Risk", and there is no cost associated with this amendment. She also reported the County Attorney has reviewed the amendment and found everything to be satisfactory. By consensus, the Board agreed to place Contract Amendment No. 10 with Ware Bonsall Architects on the February 19, 2007 Agenda as a Consent item. Ware Bonsall Contract Amendment No. 12 Kelly Sifford, Community Development Manager, presented Amendment No. 12 to the contract with Ware Bonsall Architects (WBA), Inc. for the Law Enforcement Center project. She reported there is a certain amount of hours included in the original contract with Ware Bonsall Architects for on-site management. She said the County has an option to have its own on-site management or to purchase additional on-site management with WBA. She said the County did not pick up that portion of the contract and are using up the on-site administration hours in the current contract quickly. She said the proposed amendment would add $80,000.00 ($10,000 per month for eight months) for additional construction administration hours to the contract with WBA. Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, reported Pete Cayado and Paul Bonsall with WBA are present and available to answer questions the Board may have. Pete Cayado, Ware Bonsall Architects, reported approximately 96 site visits were included in the original contract and that approximately 65 site visits have been held as of the end of the month. He said there is a long way to go on the project with only 31 visits remaining. He said this amendment would allow WBA to have a person on-site full time for all three buildings. Mr. Cayado and.Mr. Bonsall responded to a variety of questions from the Board including why an architect is needed on the site full time; supervision of subcontractors; the timeframe the 96 visits was to cover; etc. Responses from the Architects included the following: approximately 20 days a month (including some weekend days) are needed on site because of the complexity of the project itself; construction problems or better construction methods could be identified earlier in a proactive more efficient approach; and as a result, may reduce the amount of time the contractor is on site. John Day, County Manager, suggested County staff talk with Ware Bonsall Architects and Turner Construction and bring this request back to the Board for consideration in March 2007. Text Amendment Wing Ordinance 06-06-zT) Susie Zakraisek, Planning & Zoning Manager, presented a proposed text amendment for minor subdivisions to Chapter 5 of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance, Section 5. 5, Conventional Subdivision Standards, Section C. At the request of Commissioner Privette, Ms. Zakraisek defined a minor subdivision. Ms. Zakraisek reported there were two different standards proposed - one for the AO (Agriculture/Open Space), CR (Countryside Residential) and LDR (Low Density Residential); and the second would be for MDR (Medium Density Residential) and HDR (High Density Residential). Ms. Zakraisek responded to several questions from the Board. UPON MOTION of Commissioner White, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board scheduled a public hearing on February 19, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. for the proposed text amendment to Chapter 5 of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance, Section 5.5, Conventional Subdivision Standards, Section C.