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14k <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. F7 <br /> Meeting Date: MAY 6, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: SCHOOL CAPITAL EXPANSION REQUESTS <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) . INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE, X501 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider revised funding approaches to authorize the Orange <br /> County School System to award bids and execute contracts for the <br /> Orange High School project and to accommodate the Chapel Hill <br /> Carrboro School System request to expand the construction plans <br /> for Glenwood and Estes Hills Multipurpose Projects. <br /> NEED: Both systems have requested expansion funds for two projects <br /> based upon bid results or change in the scope-of-work intended. <br /> Orange High Renovation/Expansion was bid with three alterna- <br /> tives. The low bids range from $2,135,288 for the base project <br /> only to $2,761,771 for the base project plus the media center, <br /> auxiliary gymnasium and surfacing of the parking lot and drive- <br /> way. Neither figure includes architect fees, contingency or the <br /> cost of a project coordinator. Based upon previous estimate by <br /> the school system $2 million was set aside in a Long Range <br /> Finance Plan for the project. <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System has revised its plan for the <br /> two approved buildings at Glenwood and Estes Hills to include <br /> classroom space for the special activities of art, music and <br /> computer labs. The architect's estimate, based upon preliminary <br /> drawing, is that the resulting increase in size (from 8,000 to <br /> 12, 000 square feet) will raise the $816,000 to $1.8 million. <br /> The existing Long Range Financing Plan includes the $816,000 <br /> amount phased over two years. <br /> The Orange County Finance Director has developed alternatives <br /> for funding the increased costs through revisions to the Long <br /> Range Plan as outlined in a May 1, 1986 memorandum (attached) . <br /> Orange High could be completed under the existing Long Range <br /> Plan providing authorization were given to award bids and <br /> execute contracts for the base project plus the resurfacing of <br />