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3 <br />1 <br />Pam Jones, Interim Deputy Superintendent forOCS,saidthere are schools that will <br />2 <br />need major renovations. The OCS Board of Education is prioritizing the projects. She said the <br />3 <br />Board of Educationknows, by school, what is needed to be done. <br />4 <br />Paul Laughtonsaid listing the projects by categories hadbeen a request of the County. <br />5 <br />He said the goal has been for continuity in lookingbetween both the CHCCS and OCS plans. <br />6 <br />Paul Laughton said nothing in the CIP addressedthe Facility Assessment Studies from <br />7 <br />the school systems,since the County hadnot yet received this information. <br />8 <br />Pam Jones said the OCS Board of Education appropriated an additional $150,000 last <br />9 <br />year out of their fund balance. She said these monies went specifically against some of the <br />10 <br />deferred maintenance items thatare included in the assessment. She said this is done <br />11 <br />proactively due to the enormity of the needs and knowing that any future bond will not be able <br />12 <br />to address all of them. <br />13 <br />Chair McKee said he hadheard funding estimates from CHCCS for some time but has <br />14 <br />not heardthe same from OCS. He asked if the numbers previously mentioned by Paul <br />15 <br />Laughton were in line with what OCS felt they would need. <br />16 <br />Pam Jones said their focus has been on the Cedar Ridge additions.She said this is <br />17 <br />theirbiggest need. <br />18 <br />Chair McKee asked specifically about the$478,000mentioned by Paul Laughton. <br />19 <br />Pam Jones said to get the additional capacityat Cedar Ridge High Schoolwill bea $12 <br />20 <br />million project, with $1.2 million neededfor planning. She said the $478,000 will notbe <br />21 <br />sufficient,but it could help with some preliminary work. She said the planning process will take <br />22 <br />some work, with likely zoning issues, and the $478,000 would help to move that along so they <br />23 <br />would be closer to being shovel ready. She said when the Board of Education concludes the <br />24 <br />process of prioritizing needs, there may be some smaller projects not previously anticipated to <br />25 <br />which the $478,000 may be applied. <br />26 <br />Commissioner Priceasked about the process for the Phoenix Academy and the Bridge <br />27 <br />Program. <br />28 <br />Paul Laughton said this is on page 100. <br />29 <br />Bill Mullen, Director for Facilities for CHCCS, said the Phoenix Academy and the Bridge <br />30 <br />study would hopefully be part of the $750,000 Lincoln Center Analysis. <br />31 <br />Commissioner Price askedwhen the merger was expected. <br />32 <br />Bill Mullensaid he did not know. <br />33 <br />34 <br />2.Space Study Work Group Report Presentation – <br />with Discussion ofAssociated <br />35 <br />County Capital Projects <br />36 <br />37 <br />Jeff Thompsonof Asset Management Servicesintroduced this item and presented the <br />38 <br />following PowerPoint slides: <br />39 <br />40 <br />Orange County Space Study Finding and Recommendations <br />41 <br />42 <br />Background of Space Study <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />Alan Dorman, Asset Management Services, presented the following PowerPoint slides: <br />46 <br />Bedcheck <br />47 <br />48 <br />Facility walkthroughs <br />49 <br />Spaces categorized <br />50 <br />Utilization assessed <br /> <br />