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Commissioner Gordon said that there is a certain plan of how this is going to be done and the Board of County Commissioners has not talked about this. Chair Jacobs said that there are just placeholders for a lot of these items. Commissioner Gordon said that the question is how much parking will be displaced and when the shuttle is needed, etc. She thinks that the TTA bus should factor in somehow. Chair Jacobs said that they heard at Triangle J Council of Governments that there is a proposal to merge, to some extent, OPT and Durham and Wake County transportation systems. John Link said that this was only a draft proposal and it will be coming back to the Board of County Commissioners the second meeting in April. Donna Dean made reference to row 16, which is abig-ticket item that there are currently no numbers far. This is operational increases for new school openings - OCS Gravelly Hill Middle School in fall 2006 and CHCCS High School #3 in fall 2007. The last middle school to open was Smith and the startup costs were around $1.5 million. The last high school to open was Cedar Ridge and the startup costs were about $1.9 million. Chair Jacobs asked if the school fund balances would be coming with the school budget requests and Donna Dean said that they would ask far those at the same time. Commissioner Halkiotis said that just because, historically, something was one price before, it may not be that much ar more the next time. He gave an example that both school systems are now using privatized custodial services and are achieving significant savings. The old models had custodians that were school system employees and that is no longer the case. He said that he was shocked to hear the other night that Elementary School #10 was going to cost $23 million and two years ago it was $12.5 million. Chatham County is talking about a $60 million high school. He thinks that things are getting out of whack. He wants to go into this with a critical eye. Donna Dean made reference to rows 27-31, which are items that the Board spoke to at the retreat and at a follow-up work session. These items include Phase II TDR Development, Update School Construction Impact Fees, Orange County Campus of Durham Technical Community College Green Building Initiatives, Telecommunications study, and Technical Update Payment In Lieu Fee. Commissioner Gordon asked why there were additional casts associated with updating the school construction impact fees. Donna Dean said that they are getting a technical report. Row 32 is a new item, which are the projected costs to implement the Governor's salary increases for local teachers. For the two school systems, it is about $2.5 million. Chair Jacobs asked about the ratio of State versus locally funded teachers. Donna Dean will get this information. Commissioner Gordon asked about the EflandlBuckhorn water and sewer and the cost around the middle school. It was answered $1.5 million. She asked if this contemplates funding central Efland, and what schedule central Efland would be funded. Jahn Link said that the actual completion date would possibly be four months later than the school. He does not think that it would be longer than six months. Row 33 is school funding equity, which was discussed recently. There is a placeholder for this. Row 34 is the Health Department's Strategic Plan. Row 35 is the Greene Tract payback. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if this was based on new results of the survey that has fewer acres than originally thought. Rod Visser said that it ultimately does not matter because the cost will remain the same. It is not based on acreage.