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representatives from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system in attendance: Board members <br />Valerie Foushee and Lisa Stuckey, Superintendent Neil Pedersen, Director of Facilities Bill <br />Mullen, and Assistant Superintendent Steve Scroggs. There were also some architect <br />representatives. <br />Steve Scroggs gave a PawerPoint presentation. He spoke about the very close <br />relationship with the Town of Carrboro in the development of these plans. The High School <br />Advisory Committee had strong representation from Carrboro and Orange County. He said that <br />they were working towards a school with a piazza feel to it where the students would eat in the <br />center. They want the school to have an architectural link with the Town of Carrboro. He <br />pointed out the location of the school and the different features of it. The area in the back is a <br />greenway and they have avoided construction in these areas. <br />The basic design of the building has classroom wings. The auditorium is on the right, <br />with a capacity of 500. The media center is located in the center as the hub of the school. The <br />gymnasium is to the left of the school. The building has a U shape. He pointed out the location <br />of the future expansion. The future addition would be accessed by walkways including some on <br />the second level. The building is day lit, which provides natural lighting. There are no flat roofs. <br />There is also an outside eating plaza. They wanted small learning communities within their <br />school. <br />He showed a 3-D representation of the building. <br />When completed, the building will have a capacity of 1,200 students. He reminded the <br />County Commissioners that this building is being designed with Policy 90140, which is one of <br />the most aggressive environmental policies in the United States. They will be using recycled <br />water from the roofs for flushing toilets and irrigating fields. They will provide high efficient <br />HVAC and lighting. They will use materials that conserve raw resources. They will also have <br />CO2 monitoring. The school is designed to limit excessive noise. There are solar arrays on the <br />roof that will provide hot water for the cafeteria. <br />Probable Cost of Construction <br />Factors Affecting Probable Cost: <br />Steel, gas, and site work casts are increasing. They looked at reducing classroom, <br />commons, and auditorium size, but they felt that these were things that could not be easily fixed <br />in the future. They increased the square footage of classrooms from 800 to 850 square feet, <br />since the Orange County construction standards for high school classrooms call for a minimum <br />of 850 square feet. They increased four classrooms to 1,050 square feet and they are designed <br />to be subdivided when necessary. <br />He said that the capacity of high school #3 comes in on the low side of square footage <br />per student compared with comparable buildings in other districts. The building does not have <br />excessive square feet that could be easily cut or removed without affecting the program. <br />According to DPI, school construction costs in North Carolina have risen 24°~ since <br />2003. A lot of this is based on steel costs and electrical contracts. Fuel surcharges and the <br />amount of money spent to get materials to the site have risen dramatically. He said that North <br />Carolina high schools have increased in price by 30.34°l0. <br />He said that this a conceptual plan and they are getting ready to proceed with <br />construction documents. <br />Commissioner Halkiatis asked Steve Scroggs to get copies of narratives because he <br />could not see. He would also like to have a cost estimate of meeting the 90/40 policy. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that he did not see any chillers in the pictures and he asked <br />where they were. Steve Tribiani from Mosely Architects said that they would sit outside the <br />