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Chair Brown said that this is a generic agreement but all of the information is filled in and she would feel more comfortable with just a generic agreement defining the amount of a high school. She thinks it would be best to leave out the part about eminent domain. John Link said that this agreement was created only because there is an eminent domain issue at hand on this third high school and the specifics are to be addressed by the Board of County Commissioners after other input from the school board and the public. Commissioner Carey said that the essence of the agreement is in items four and five because it clearly establishes that the school board has to shoulder the cost overage. Commissioner Carey asked about 182,000 square feet and if this is the standard fora 1,000- or a 1,500-student school. Rod Visser said that he remembers that 182,000 square feet is the upper end of a 1,000-student school. Commissioner Jacobs said he feels comfortable looking at this in this form understanding that these are placeholders until we get farther into the process. He suggested referring to the school system by its acronym and every time is should say the "CHCCS" third high school. Also, in the second "whereas", he changed the language as follows: "makes providing timely capacity in the Chapel Hill- Carrboro School district high school level a heightened priority." He said that these are already the County's priorities, but it is heightened because of the SAPFO. He made reference to the issue of expansion and said that he knows that he heard the school board say that this school would be a 1,000- student high school with no expansion. He would like to have some answers because this seems to be a moving target. The County Commissioners need to know what they are agreeing to. Commissioner Gordon said that the attorney has done a good job on the agreement and she agrees with the changes in language by Commissioner Jacobs. She said that her understanding is that the school will be 182,000 square feet and 1,000 students at this price. She said that the school board had wished in the past that the core facilities could be put in for 1,500 students. Commissioner Halkiotis said that he does not necessarily agree with these budgeted amounts in this agreement. His vote will be for the wording of the document only. Geof Gledhill said that he used numbers to make it easier for the Board to consider and the County Commissioners can plug in their own numbers. John Link recommended that the Board not transmit this agreement to the school board until it has had a chance to decide how to address it. b. Orange County Secondary Road Improvement Policy The Board considered adopting a policy for recommending secondary roads to be paved in the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposed Secondary Road Improvement Program. Planning Director Craig Benedict said that this is an Orange County secondary improvement policy and this policy document is before the actual public hearing. He highlighted some aspects of the resolution, which follows: A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ORANGE COUNTY'S POLICY REGARDING SECONDARY ROAD IMPROVEMENT WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) administers the State Secondary Road Construction Program to pave unpaved secondary roads and improve conditions for safe mobility on those roads; and WHEREAS, The Orange County Board of County Commissioners recognizes that maintaining mobility throughout the County is vital to public safety; and WHEREAS, public service providers such as Emergency Management, municipal and volunteer fire departments, and the Sheriff's Department need safe road conditions and connections throughout the County to respond to emergency situations in a timely manner; and