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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 19, 2001 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Cedar Ridge High School Capital Project Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Donna Dean, 245-2151 <br /> Attachment 1. Letter of Request from the <br /> Orange County Board of Education TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Attachment 2. OCS Cedar Ridge High Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> School Capital Project Ordinance Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a request from the Orange County Board of Education to increase fire <br /> fighting capacity for Cedar Ridge High School. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Recently Civil Consultants, Inc. conducted a study of several fire protection system options for <br /> Cedar Ridge High School for the Orange County Board of Education. According to the <br /> information contained in the attached letter (Attachment I of this abstract), the fire suppression <br /> capacity, as currently designed, meets minimum State requirements. The Board of Education is <br /> interested in taking additional steps to improve safety by increasing the capacity beyond what <br /> the State requires. The consultants identified two options: <br /> • Option #1 - Construction of a private 200,000 gallon cylindrical ground storage tank near the <br /> corner of Orange Grove Road and Grady Brown. School Road at an estimated cost of <br /> $350,000. <br /> • Option #2 - Construction of a new 250,000 gallon elevated water storage tank at the same <br /> location as in Option #1 at an estimated cost of$600,000. <br /> Details regarding each option are included in Attachment 1 of this abstract. <br /> In keeping with the Commissioner's Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects, <br /> the Superintendent has submitted details regarding the change order, in writing, to the County <br /> Manager (Attachment 1). The District requests that the Commissioners approve a reallocation <br /> of project savings (currently budgeted in the project Contingency)to complete Option#1 <br />