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[7/21/1999] Contract OK'd for new school wysiwyg://30/http://search.news-observer....%20AND%2019990701%3C%3Ddate%3C%3D19990731 <br />Attachment 1 <br />~• <br />~~~~~ ~ <br />~~ ,. <br />~~~ ,~ . <br />~~~~~~ <br />3 <br />Contract OK'd for new school <br />The school board also will allow burning to clear the land <br />instead of hauling the debris to a landfill. <br />By SUMATHI REDDY, Staff Writer <br />HILLSBOROUGH -- It was a step forward for one set of Orange <br />County school construction plans and a step back for another Monday <br />night. <br />The Orange County school. board members approved a contract for <br />site work at its new elementary school site and postponed action on <br />several other construction projects. <br />The board rejected five bids for the construction of a <br />5,000-square-foot fieldhouse at Orange High School at the request of <br />Steve Halkiotis, director of auxiliary services. <br />All the bids came in $200,000 or more over the projected cost of <br />$500,000, Halkiotis noted. <br />"I can't recommend construction bids that are greater than $150 per <br />square foot," Halkiotis said. <br />Rather, Halkiotis said, he would come back to the board with scaled <br />back plans for the fieldhouse in a few months. <br />The fieldhouse will be built at Orange High School's stadium as a <br />meeting area and shower/locker room for athletic teams. <br />Plans for athletic additions at the high school and A.L. Stanback <br />Middle School were also postponed because all three projects are going <br />out to bid as one package. <br />Minutes later, school board members awarded a $875,676 contract <br />to Coates Grading & Hauling Co., to conduct site work for the new <br />elementary school. <br />The county's seventh elementary school, scheduled to open in the <br />fall of 2000, will be located on a site in central Orange County that's <br />bordered by N.C. 86 and N.C. 57. <br />Coates' was the lowest of four bidders and was recommended by <br />Ray DeBruhl, president of the The Public Facilities Group, and <br />construction consultant for the district. <br />Although the contract is $875,676, it will cost the county's <br />taxpayers $707,726. That's because Apex Northwest Partnership, the <br />developer that donated the land for the school, is reimbursing the <br />school system for half the cost of a state bypass that will cut through <br />the property. <br />The contract was approved by a 6-1 vote with Board Chairwoman <br />1 of 2 08/10/99 11:57:42 <br />