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13 1 clearly this needed to be reprioritized. He said, in 2008 and 2009 when revenues were up, the 2 CIP had the boiler project slated for 2010. He said the decline in revenue caused this 3 necessary maintenance to be deferred. He said this will now be taken care of over the 4 summer, but that means something else has to give. 5 He reviewed the slide listing recommendations. He said the renovations have been 6 refined and revised to reduce the amount from $205 million to $160 million. 7 Todd LoFrese discussed the photos of the issues of Estes Hill Elementary, including 8 aging infrastructure, ADA egress issues, campus security and monitoring, and lighting. He said 9 there is a recommendation to add a small administrative area to provide a secure vestibule and 10 point of entry. He said the rear classroom wings have also had moisture issues and 11 deconstruction and reconstruction are recommended here. He said there is also a 12 recommendation to enclose the front area of the school with a breezeway. He said this school 13 was not designed in a time of kiss and go drop off, so there is a lot of traffic conflict. He said 14 there is no designated access point for the different modes of transportation. He said the 15 recommendations for Estes Hills Elementary would increase the schools capacity by 58 16 students, bringing it to the Orange County standard of 585 students. 17 Todd LoFrese said looking at this type of approach for all of the older schools could help 18 increase district capacity by a total of 660 seats. 19 He noted that even base level renovation needs would cost $50 million, without 20 addressing capacity. 21 22 Pam Jones said the OCS facilities assessment is a mirror image of what was just 23 presented, and the needs of this district also total $160 million. She said the facilities 24 assessment is 913 pages long and reflects a lot of deferred maintenance and deconstruction 25 needs. 26 She said OCS has started to address some of the deferred maintenance, and some of 27 this may be added to the budget through fund balance appropriations. She said the addition of 28 a maintenance staff person has also been proposed. She said the issues are too big to 29 address, even with a bond, given the amount needed from both districts. She said the board of 30 education has just begun to dissect the facilities report, and this will be brought back in June to 31 work out priorities to present to the Board. She said there are two projects in the OCS CIP, and 32 those are elementary#8 and the classroom wing at Cedar Ridge High School. 33 34 Chair Jacobs asked Todd LoFrese about the cost to build Northside. 35 Todd LoFrese said Northside cost $24 million. 36 Chair Jacobs said the cost for Estes Hills renovations is $16 million, which is almost as 37 much as the cost to build a new school. He asked when a decision is made to retire a school 38 and build a new one. 39 Todd LoFrese said the challenge here is that there are very few spaces within the 40 CHCCS district boundaries to build new schools. He said a complete deconstruction and new 41 build on site, given the fact that the schools are at 100 percent capacity, would be a challenge. 42 He said there are so many different needs at so many different schools, and the price tag is 43 often outside of reality. He said the goal was to identify the parts of the schools that were in 44 good shape and could be renovated to add another 50 years of life expectancy. He said the 45 schools that are beyond repair, too costly or with difficult code issues were recommended for 46 deconstruction. 47 Commissioner McKee asked about the $750,000 planning budget request. He asked if 48 this was directed to a specific facility.