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Commissioner Gordan asked if they could design it sa that it is more easily expandable. Valerie Foushee said that in this process she would assume that they would do this because there are not many parcels of land available. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the unfunded project for the Lincoln Center to be converted to high school space for 300-500 students for 2009-10. He said that this is an additional 1,300-1,500 students, but the projections through the year 2012-2013 do not have the school system needing high school space beyond a 1,000-student high school. Steve Scroggs said that this was why they dropped this down to unfunded. They had it opening in 2009-10 because they did not want to lose the Lincoln Center as a possibility. Also, in the past, the projections have fallen short of what actually happened. Commissioner Jacobs said that he would like to propose a 700-student high school that could be expanded to 1,000 students and would allow the Lincoln Center to be completed later on in the ten-year period. This would also keep the cost within the standards. He would like to keep the Lincoln Center as a mare active part of our educational facilities. Chair Brown said that the budget for the third high school has always been a certain amount and she asked why the school board decided to dispense with the budget parameters and go over it by millions of dollars. Valerie Foushee said that it is driven by the land costs and the site preparation costs and it is out of their control. Superintendent Pedersen said that there was a provision that if the cost exceeded the amount from the County that CHCCS would need to look at their existing CIP revenue stream. Chair Brown made reference to the memo of April 13t" written by Superintendent Pederson that specifically stated that CHCCS was designing far a 1,500-student high school. She thought that one of the main points was to make sure that it was a 1,500- or a 1,000-student high school that could be expanded because it was so important to stay within the SAPFO numbers. She thought this was a main consideration. She asked what happened. Superintendent Pedersen said that they have not been at 1,500 since February. Then they went through several options but they did not have the budget or the enrollment figures far 1,500 students. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the square footage for the Central Office and Steve Scroggs answered 40,000 square feet. Commissioner Halkiotis pointed out that 40,000 square feet is equal to what Durham Tech wants for a satellite campus. Chair Brown would like the schools to prioritize their capital requirements and also the County. She said that she is astonished by how many County projects have been put off far sa many years and have came dawn to almost an emergency. She said that the communication system for EMS is one of the highest priorities. Commissioner Halkiotis asked from both school systems a listing of all buildings' square footages and all space owned by both school systems. Chair Brown said that all of the capital projections for schools would change significantly with a merger of the two school systems. Commissioner Halkiotis asked to include the County buildings in the square footage requests along with the school systems. Commissioner Jacobs suggested inviting the school board members back to a work session to answer some questions. The work session for the schools' CIP is June 10t". A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to adjourn the meeting at 9:40 p.m. VOTE: UNANIMOUS