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15b0C <br /> ra;range anunty c*ct1uur9 <br /> 49416N1S. 200 EAST KING STREET <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br /> (919) 732-8126 <br /> OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENOEN7 <br /> February 17, 1988 <br /> Mr. John Link, County Manager <br /> Orange County <br /> P. O. Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Dear Mr. Link: <br /> Re: Capital Improvement Project - Orange High School <br /> In the spring of 1986 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized <br /> the advertisement of bids for an expansion/renovation project for Orange High <br /> School. Upon receipt of bids, the Commissioners authorized all the work except <br /> two "deduct" alternates. Specifically, these alternates were (1) the expansion/ <br /> renovation of the media/guidance areas and (2) paving of parking areas. <br /> When the current four-year capital plan was adopted, the funding of these <br /> alternates was budgeted at $250,000 for 1988-89 construction. The budgeted <br /> amount was based on bids of the spring of 1986. <br /> In the current proposed five-year capital plan of the Orange County <br /> Schools the projects of concern are again scheduled for construction in <br /> 1988-89. However, based on two facts as follows: (a) receiving bids two <br /> years later and (b) the projects are not a part of a larger project, we do <br /> not feel that the $250,000 will cover the cost. Based on these facts, we <br /> have this work in the proposed plan at $396,000. <br /> Therefore, we are asking for the authorization of the Board of Commissioners <br /> to allow the Orange County Board of Education to proceed to bid on these <br /> projects with the above-stated knowledge, and then submit the approved low <br /> bids to the Commissioners for approval of funding for the 1988-89 budget <br /> year from major capital improvement funds. <br /> In summary, this request would complete a project currently authorized <br /> in the original time frame and at hopefully something less than the new cost <br /> estimates. The project is extremely important to the educational program at <br /> Oratc4e High School, with an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students, and <br /> further delay would not allow the work to be completed by the summer of 1989. <br />