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Y~~ _ - - .w - ~~- ~v ' The Manager continued that there were on~y two leaks clearly defined as roof leaks while there. was sweating around air conditioning d~ts; he said the :'leak- age problem was confined to the gymnasium area." Dr. Lunsford said that Mr. Pickard had said that a new roof would be one way to handle the problem. Dr. Lunsford, responding to Commissioners' questions about the insulation, said that some was deteriorated and some was in good con- dition. Mr. Max Kennedy,speaking_::as. "professional builder and also as Vice-chairman of the School Board," said that the pitch of the roof is clear. indication that shingles shouldn't be put back on the roof. Anew roof is needed-) Mr. Kennedy invited the Commissioners over to tour the building during a rain. He said the partial new roof was an "aspirin approach." He said the problem was smaller now and would become a larger; structural problem later. "It would be irresponsi61a of us to take any other stand and we stand firm in that request for the $300,000 to do the whole thing and do it as we, we the responsible parties for that par- ticular facility, we stand firm on that request. We want to do it right." Cammissianer Willhoit said all parties agreed that there was a problem; he suggested that perhaps a shingle of the "appropriate design".might work for another several years since the present shingles had worked for about eleven years. He added that a capital improvements plan was needed and said the Board of Education had not evinced any interest in such planning three years ago. Mr. Bill Laws, Assistant County Manager, said there were two other options for the Stanford roof: 1) a built up roof; and 2) a metal roof. Dr. Lunsford said ,the two consultants, Mr. Pickard and the Board of Education consultant, were in agreement that whatever approach was taken the present shingles should be removed. ;-9r. Laws elaborated on ~~ir. Pickard's recommended treatment of the roof, saying fiberglass shingles would permit flexing not permitted by-the asphat shingles presently on the roof. Mr. Lindsay Efland, Orange County Board of Education member, said he would like to point out about NC Statue. The decision, the decision as to the type of roof is clearly the province of the school Board. And we are responsible for physical well-being of the building; we can be held criminally liable for that condition. We have no choice but to reiterate the request for the full $300,000. And there has been no feeling on the part of our Board, whatso- ever to adopt a band-aid approach. Commissioner Willhoit has talked about a planned maintenance program and the point has already been made tonight that we were up here last year with