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9- 4-01 ; 4:51PM;Cha08I Hill Carr John Link ;9919 9334560 # 3/ 3 At this time, there are no plans to bring forward that depict a full-size gymnasium at Elementary School No. 9. A meeting has been scheduled to review plans on September 11,2001 and you, as the"contact Commissioner,"have been invited to that meeting. When plans are completed, we will share them with our Board of Education and then with the County Commissioners and members of the Chapel all'Town Council. As stated earlier, we are respectful of and compliant with the new Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects. This project has been presented twice to the Orange County Board of Commissioners prior to your release of funds for the first two stages of the project. We will be happy to present the revised plans to you as soon as they are completed. We have attempted to keep you informed during discussions concerning the community gym. You and Manager Link attended a half-day meeting on May 17'to review possible footprints for the school,including plans that provided for a full-size gymnasium. At no time during that meeting did we hear any objections to the idea of a community gym. The issue that has been debated over the past few montbs has been who would pay for the gym As we have described above,we have tried to accommodate the Town's proposal without diverting school board funds. I also would add that during the planning process,we . believe that we have invited you to all of the formal planning meetings. We will continue to do this in the future. Hopefully,this project can be included on the agenda for our joint meeting on September 24 . If you have further comments or questions concerning this project,please feel free to communicate them directly to me. Sincerel , N i ow, Chair CHCCS Board of Education Cc: School Board Members Chapel Hill Town Council John Link Cal Horton