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6 <br /> 2 <br /> Neil Pedersen stated that Orange County is 93% of Chapel Hill and <br /> this does not include federal child nutrition figures. <br /> John Link indicated that he can get where the two systems stand <br /> now. <br /> Verla Insko suggested a new section for the budget showing five <br /> year funding for schools. One recommendation that could be made <br /> would be to review the formula every two years to see if it needs <br /> to be revised. <br /> The Task Force agreed to address the short-term issues first, the <br /> long-term issues second and the CIP third. <br /> John Link stated that he will be making a recommendation that roof <br /> projects be under the CIP instead of recurring capital. This moves <br /> some of the most expensive projects from the $750, 000 and takes it <br /> from sales tax revenues. Neil asked John Link if a dollar amount <br /> has been set and he indicated it will depend on the sales tax <br /> revenues. <br /> John Link distributed a memo from MaryAnne Moore on "Cooperative <br /> Efforts Between Schools and Park and Recreation Agencies" . <br /> Neil Pedersen summarized the Joint Planning of the proposed new <br /> high school. He asked how far they should proceed with site <br /> selection noting that there may be a way to delay it until after <br /> the bond referendum. They have identified three sites. They don't <br /> all have city water and sewer. <br /> Andrew Overstreet stated that his view is that this site selection <br /> should be approached as if the schools were merged now and not <br /> limited to the CHCCS area. <br /> With regard to the program committee, Dr. Overstreet feels that for <br /> something this important that the committee is too small and he <br /> would like to expand the representation from parents and teachers <br /> to a representative from the University and a representative from <br /> the business community. <br /> With regard to enrollment on page 4 -- involvement depends on the <br /> student population that it will serve. He feels that an agreement <br /> is necessary. <br /> John Link stated that he feels that this memo outlines a great <br /> start on the process and commended the Superintendents. He feels <br /> that a theme that needs to be projected is an efficiency theme - <br /> - in terms of space, energy, proposed limits for future <br /> merging/cooperation. He suggested an efficiency assessment <br /> process. <br /> Verla Insko stated that she has the same concern with efficiency. <br />