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~o <br />6. CHCCS High Performance Standards. Design standards shall comply with the <br />high performance building design criteria in School Board Policy 9040. <br />7. Public Road Improvement Standards. Endorse the timely construction of road <br />improvements to Smith Level Road and intersection improvements to the <br />intersection of Rock Haven Road and Smith Level Road which improvements have <br />been endorsed by Carrboro and Orange County and which improvements, if timely <br />constructed, will reduce by as much as.$250,OOO the offsite road improvement cost <br />to CHCCS in its construction of CHCCS high school #3. <br />8. Transportation Enhancement Standards. Reduce dependency on the <br />automobile for school functions and to reduce vehicle miles traveled related to <br />school functions by committing at least $300,000 of capital from the amount <br />appropriated to the Construction line item of Section 4 to: <br />a. the purchase of buses or shuttles to be owned by CHCCS or otherwise, in <br />tandem.with the development of an enhanced transportation system, for <br />school uses and functions, including student, staff and teacher transportation <br />to and from school and student, staff, teacher and visitor transportation to and <br />from preschool and afterschool programs; <br />b. contributions of funds and expertise to the evaluation and development of <br />the use of Chapel Hill Area Transit and/or Orange Public Transportation to <br />provide non-automobile alternatives for transportation of students, staff, <br />teachers and visitors to and from school, preschool and afterschool programs; <br />c. the purchase of transit software to be used to reduce vehicle miles traveled <br />in future redistricting decisions; <br />d. promote walking to and from school and pre and after school programs by <br />funding with matching grants the construction of sidewalks in Carrboro and <br />Chapel Hill located within 1.5 miles of CHCCS high school #3 (the school "walk <br />zone") which sidewalks are likely to be constructed by Carrboro and Chapel <br />Hill only in response to matching grants; <br />e. promote bike riding to and from school and pre and after school programs <br />by funding with matching grants the construction of bike lanes in Carrboro and <br />Chapel Hill within the attendance district of CHCCS high school #3 which bike <br />lanes are likely to be constructed by or at the request of Carrboro and Chapel <br />Hill only in response to matching grants; <br />f. promote bus and other transit transportation to and from school and pre <br />and after school programs by funding the construction of weatherproof shelters <br />(considering climate controlling them) at locations within the attendance district <br />of CHCCS high school #3 adjacent to or conveniently close to park and ride <br />locations established by Carrboro, Chapel Hill and the University of North <br />Carolina. <br />