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or the converted resource room. The two Pre-K classrooms located at Lincoln Center would be moved to Mary Scroggs for the 2008-09 school year. 3. Lottery proceeds could be used to renovate the pottery shop for use by Phoenix Academy. The District has been told that funds should be available in late January, 2008. With the pottery shop vacant in April, renovation could begin there and then work could be completed after the Pre-K year is over. This would be a tight schedule just as the FPG primary building renovation was. 4. This would create three distinct learning areas for Phoenix with a total square footage of 5, 026. In preparation for this possibility, the District has investigated the following factors. 7. Renovation costs are running between $80 to $900 a square foot. That provides a $402,000 to $502,000 cost range, well within the amount of available lottery revenue. 2. Architect fees, permits and approvals usually account for 10 percent of the construction costs thus providing a cost range of $40 to $50 thousand dollars, still within budget. 3. The existing mobiles could be converted to several other uses. a. Expanded office space for Lincoln Center personnel b. Office space for Headstart personnel now located on Willow Drive. This would save the District over $40,000 annually. c. Meeting space for staff development d. In-take and/or Newcomer Center for Limited English Proficient Students The amount of NC Education Lottery proceeds currently available to Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools reflects two quarters of allocations from the State and totals $624,202. The attached Lincoln Center Pottery Shop Conversion Project Ordinance allocates all of the available funds to the project. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Financial impacts are included in the background information above. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools requested use of 2007-08 NC Education Lottery Proceeds and the corresponding Lincoln Center Pottery Shop Conversion Project Ordinance.