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i~ Attachment 3 Revised following 8/17/00 task force meeting and includes Superintendents' comments Revised 9/07/00 +~, ;Provide a preliminary cost projection of the project based upon the adopted school construction standards and provisions of the Cost Effective Facilities Initiative (CEFI), which has derived from earlier discussions about "value ~. .., ~ . ~W;,,. engineering ~~jf:,tla~~R1~!~1;j~..~~~~~~~~~!~:~il • Request that the Board of Commissioners approve a capital project ordinance to provide funding for the initial planning phase of the project; • Instruct the Superintendent to update the County Manager, in writing, of the project's progress at his/her monthly meetings with the County Manager. Upon receipt of the memorandum from the Board of Education, the Board of Commissioners will: • Act upon the project concept by either approving it or asking the Board of Education to amend the concept plan; • Instruct County staff to confirm the project's cost estimate and student capacity in accordance wi#h the County's adopted School Construction Standards Reports along with student enrollment projections; If the Board of Commissioners approves the project concept, the County Budget Director will prepare an agenda abstract and related capital project ordinance that provides. funding far the concept and preplanning phase of the project; • Appoint, by majority vote of the Board, either a Commissioner representative ~~~~t~' "' ~ and one staff representative, or two "~ staff representatives, to partner with the school system as the plans develop; ~''` ,,;;~~la~~; hi~iri • Instruct the County Manager to update the Commissioners on a regular basis regarding the written information shared by the School Superintendent. 6. Expenditure of Project Funds Funding for Project Planning -School systems will not expend or encumber for planning of any project until the Board of County Commissioners has approved the plan concept. Background -For several years, the Board of Commissioners has approved a capital project ordinance entitled Planning for Future Projects for each school system. The creation of these ordinances enabled a system to expend a portion of their pay-as-you-go funds far planning during a project's conceptual stages. Once a project grew beyond the concept stages, systems requested the Commissioners to approve a "project specific" capital project ordinance allocating all funds Page 5 of 7 Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects