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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 2, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. /O -j <br />SUBJECT: High School Construction Standards Task Force Recommendations <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Task Force Report <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Steve Halkiotis, Task Force Chair, 732 -8126 <br />Rod Visser, Asst County Mgr, ext 2300 <br />Donna Dean, Budget Director, ext 2151 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report from the High School Construction Standards Task Force concerning <br />recommendations for the physical space profile and other standards to be observed in the design and <br />construction of future new high school space in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: In September 1997, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners convened a <br />High School Construction Standards Task Force. This six - member task force included two <br />representatives from the Board of County Commissioners and two representatives from each of the two <br />School Boards. <br />• Orange County Board of County Commissioners: Moses Carey, Stephen Halkiotis <br />• Chapel Hill - Carrboro Board of Education: Elizabeth Carter, Ken Touw <br />• Orange County Board of Education: Susan Dovenbarger, Rick Kennedy <br />In developing standards for future high school construction in Orange County, the task force used North <br />Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) guidelines for a "typical high school "; space profiles for <br />East Chapel Hill High School; and information developed by Orange County Schools staff members. In <br />keeping with the charge from the Board of County Commissioners, the task force considered in its <br />discussions: <br />• The ability to expand a new high school's capacity from 1,000 children to 1,500 <br />• Location of a new high school <br />• Energy efficiency standards and day lighting <br />• Cost control and construction management <br />The task force agreed that the DPI guidelines were reasonable standards to use at the local level. In the <br />draft report from the Task Force, Appendices A and B include square footage standards as outlined by the <br />