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Commissioner Jacobs asked if the bids received by OCS for Middle School #3 were <br />what they anticipated, or if they differed significantly. Superintendent Shirley Carraway said that <br />they were what they anticipated as it relates to overages. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked how they would handle cost overruns for Middle School <br />#3. Rod Visser said that they would have to look at this with both schaol systems and bring it <br />back on January 24t". John Link said that the Board would need to amend the capital budget <br />ordinance of the project. <br />Rod Visser said that the Board asked him to set up a meeting with staff from OCS <br />related to the middle schaol site and the soccer complex. This meeting will be held in mid- <br />Januaryand Chair Carey will be involved. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that he wants to see an analysis from both school systems <br />and from the County related to the senior centers of what the architects anticipated and the <br />actual bids that came in. <br />Commissioner Foushee is supportive of the recommendations, but it would help her to <br />have a more concrete list of the other needs such as the animal shelter, EMS, etc. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that he is supportive of this, but the County should be <br />cautious about allocating money that voters approved in the bond for school construction for <br />other purposes. He thinks the public should have the opportunity to comment an the use of <br />bond money that has changed. <br />Chair Carey said that this is important to provide the information to the public and that it <br />would be timely to do it when the CIP is updated, to show clearly that Elementary School #10 <br />will be funded. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that there are really two parts to this proposal -one has to <br />do with SAPFO and the other is the funding shortfall that gives the County problems with the <br />debt capacity ceiling. She would like the County Commissioners to promise that they will talk <br />about this situation this coming year. She recommended that the County use alternative <br />financing with Elementary School #10. <br />Commissioner Gordon made reference to the next to the last bullet of the <br />recammendatian, and asked that the Chapel Hill Senior Center be added to this statement <br />instead of, "other priority County capital projects as determined by the BOCC." <br />Chair Carey said that this would limit the options for consideration. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that the County Commissioners should make that <br />determination when it comes time to make that determination and not automatically eliminate it <br />upfront. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked if the principle in the last bullet was that the County was <br />going to program Elementary School #10 of $12.8 million in 2009 with alternative financing and <br />John Link said yes because they have already dedicated the bonds for high schaol #3 and there <br />has been no breach of faith. <br />At this time, the Board agreed to continue the meeting until 10:45 p.m. <br />Commissioner Halkiotis said that to be fair to everyone, this $12.8 million might not be <br />enough money for Elementary School #10 three years from now. He cautioned the Board to <br />keep this in mind. <br />A motion was made by Chair Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis to approve <br />the Manager's recommendation as stated in the bullets above. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />c. Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Update -Public Outreach Follow-up <br />Proposal <br />The Board considered the Planning Staff's proposal for "Public Outreach Follow-up" that <br />has been requested by the Board to occur prior to formal Public Hearing on the Comprehensive <br />Plan Land Use Element Update; and authorizing the staff to proceed. <br />