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Paul Laughton said that this is an opportunity to make the changes to the CIP. These changes would be brought back to the June 12th Work Session, which will have the Resolution of Intent to Adopt. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the memo from her at the County Commissioners' places. She said that she got this information from the SAPFO report. She made reference to the elementary school section for Orange County Schools and said that an elementary school is not programmed until 2020-21. She said that the SAPFO should be followed and Elementary School #8 does not need to be built right away. She thinks that OCS should not worry about the County keeping its commitments. She said that a high school would also not be needed when it is shown in the CIP because the SAPFO does not dictate it for OCS. She stated that the County should follow SAPFO, and therefore the recommendations should come from the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee and should go through the SAPFO process. Paul Laughton said that page 69 is what is included in the Manager's Recommended CIP for the next five years. Page 70 shows everything else that the school systems have requested that were not part of the recommended CIP. This is where Elementary School #8 falls under for OCS. The classroom addition is for year 2015-16 for Cedar Ridge High School. The auxiliary gym is consistent with 2014-15. Chair Pelissier said that it is the school's request, but not necessarily the County's agreement to fund anything in any year except the year that the County is approving, which is the next fiscal year. OCS is saying that there is a faster growth, but the County Commissioners are not making any commitment to funding a school until the SAPFO dictates it. Clarence Grier verified this. Commissioner Jacobs said that it might be simple to make some word changes, like on page 70, where it specifies that these projects are "unfunded." Also, at the bottom, there could be a note that says, "school construction scheduling is guided by SAPFO projections of capacity needs." Also, the $13.86 million for the Cedar Ridge High School Classroom Wing is within the five years, but it could have an asterisk to say, "to be reviewed under SAPFO in light of DPI analysis of Cedar Ridge capacity." Commissioner Foushee said that the CIP request from OCS had unfunded requests in the budget and the County put it in its unfunded requests. She said that it does not create an assumption if it is in the unfunded requests. It is just a placeholder. Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the report on the Northern Human Services Center and said that it is good. However, he made reference to the first memo to the Manager, which says that there were mixed opinions about whether to try and retain the cafeteria, and gymnasium in the the facility. Then in the survey results, by far the highest, most intensive response was "keep cafeteria and gym" and "retrofit and improve." This seems different from "mixed feelings." Commissioner Foushee said that people responded how they previously felt with the survey, but after the discussion, they felt differently after they saw the possibilities of what they could have. Commissioner Hemminger made reference to a discussion at the Rogers Road Task Force for a capital project. The community would like to remove a historic home, the Hogan House, to the Habitat site. A complication is that the church is getting ready to start its project, and would demolish this house if it was not moved. She is not advocating for the County paying for all of this. The total price for fixing this is around $800,000, but to move the house would cost approximately $120,000. There will be more information at the next meeting. She asked if the Board wanted to consider a placeholder. There are very strong feelings in the community about keeping this building.