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24 <br />CHAPEL HILL - CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS <br />2013 -2014 CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS <br />SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT: Seawell Elementary School <br />Please list in priority order any capital project requests that are not currently in the Capital Investment Plan (CIP). <br />PRIORITY ESTIMATED <br /># DESCRIPTION JUSTIFICATION COST STATUS <br />1 <br />Assessment and long -term repair of fire alarm system. <br />Our fire alarm system has had numerous issues that have resulted <br />in periods of time that Seawell was off -line from monitoring. <br />Occasionally, we were not aware that we were not on -line to be <br />Issue was <br />monitored. This is a serious safety issue. We have been in a <br />investigated and <br />continuous pattern of Sonitrol saying that it was a phone line issue <br />telephone line <br />and the phone company saying it is a Sonitrol issue. Other <br />if needed <br />problem was <br />adjustments have been made to patch the issue and we request <br />60,000 <br />corrected in Nov. <br />a permanent solution. Also, we request a sound alarm for the <br />area near the 6 mobile classes. Currently they only have strobe lights. <br />2 <br />Assess and repair uneven sidewalks around our campus and <br />As an open school with many separate buildings, some of our <br />$15,000 <br />add an additional paved area at the front of the school so that <br />sidewalks serve as hallways, with heavy amounts of staff and <br />car riders have a paved path from the picnic area to the sidewalk <br />student traffic. There are many places where the sidewalk has <br />Article 46 Sales <br />settled, leaving raised areas that are tripping hazards, causing <br />Tax - <br />injuries in the past. While one repair was made last year, <br />Summer 2013 <br />and the raised areas were painted, we are requesting more <br />permanent repairs. We also request a paved area for students to <br />use from the car rider area to the sidewalk that leads to the cars. <br />3 <br />Drainage Issues <br />Pods 2 and 4 have flooded twice this year during heavy rains. <br />We are requesting that an assessment take place to see if <br />Recurrinig <br />cleaning the drains will help or if upgrades on the door and door <br />Capital <br />frames would assist with keeping the water from entering. We <br />have permanent sand bags in place and this is a tripping hazard. <br />The field behind our school serves as a location for PE classes <br />or as the third play area for our students to participate <br />in outdoor recess. It holds water and needs to be recrowned. <br />1 $15,000 <br />