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APPROVED 06!07/05 <br />by as much as $250,000 the offsite road improvement cost to CHCCS in its construction of <br />CHCCS high school #3. <br />8. Transportation Enhancement Standards. Reduce dependency on the automobile for <br />school functions and to reduce vehicle miles traveled related to school functions by <br />committing at least $300,000 of capital from the amount appropriated to the Construction <br />line item of Section 4 to: <br />a. the purchase of buses or shuttles to be owned by CHCCS or otherwise, in tandem <br />with the development of an enhanced transportation system, for school uses and <br />functions, including student, staff and teacher transportation to and from school and <br />student, staff, teacher and visitor transportation to and from preschool and afterschool <br />programs; <br />b. contributions of funds- and expertise to the evaluation and development of the use <br />of Chapel Hill Area Transit andlor Orange Public Transportation to provide non- <br />automobile alternatives for transportation of students, staff, teachers and visitors to and <br />from school, preschool and afterschool programs; <br />c. the purchase of transit software to be used to reduce vehicle miles traveled in future <br />redistricting decisions; <br />d. promote walking to and from school and pre and after school programs by funding <br />with matching grants the construction of sidewalks in Carrboro and Chapel Hill <br />located within 1.5 miles of CHCCS high school #3 (the school "walk zone") which <br />sidewalks are likely to be constructed by Carrboro and Chapel Hill only in response to <br />matching grants; <br />e. promote bike riding to and from school and pre and after school programs by <br />funding with matching grants the construction of bike lanes in Carrboro and Chapel <br />Hill within the attendance district of CHCCS high school #3 which bike lanes are <br />likely to be constructed by or at the request of Carrboro and Chapel Hill only in <br />response to matching grants; <br />f. promote bus and other transit transportation to and from school and pre and after <br />school programs by funding the construction of weatherproof shelters (considering <br />climate controlling them) at locations within the attendance district of CHCCS high <br />school #3 adjacent to or conveniently close to park and ride locations established by <br />Carrboro, Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina. <br />Section 7. This ordinance is effective June 7, 2005, supersedes all previous High School #3 Capital <br />Project Ordinances, and will remain in effect through June 30, 2008, unless sooner amended <br />or closed out. <br />Adopted this 7th day of June, 2005. <br />