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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 $250,000 the offsite road improvement <br /> cost 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 <br /> traveled 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 <br /> "walk zone") which sidewalks are likely to be constructed by Carrboro and <br /> Chapel 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 <br /> shelters (considering climate controlling them) at locations within the <br /> attendance district of CHCCS high school #3 adjacent to or conveniently close <br /> to park and ride locations established by Carrboro, Chapel Hill and the <br /> University of North Carolina. <br />