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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 11, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: High School Construction Standards Task Force Update <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Ne <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Unitary Systems Approach (USA) Summary Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a report on discussions by the High School Construction Standards Task <br />Force. <br />BACKGROUND: The High School Construction Standards Task Force has met monthly since <br />mid - December. Major topics of discussion and activities to date include: review and comparison of <br />theoretical high school space profiles developed by the State Department of Public Instruction with <br />the space profiles of the existing high schools in Orange County; a tour of East Chapel Hill High <br />School; energy efficiency considerations; and construction management considerations, including <br />review of the Unitary Systems Approach (USA) used for the construction of several schools in <br />Johnston County. The task force also adopted the attached resolution encouraging pursuit of local <br />legislation that would allow Orange County to employ the Unitary Systems Approach to school <br />construction, or some similar process. That approach was approved, on a limited, trial basis in 1997 <br />local legislation for Johnston County. <br />Staff and task force members will provide a brief report on discussions to date, and respond to <br />questions the Boards may have. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Boards receive the report as <br />information. <br />