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Emergency Shelter The building has also been designed as an emergency shelter for use during natural disasters. The gym, including shower rooms, the kitchen and commons area will have power provided by a built in generator so that hot meals can be served and heat provided during the winter, This design is modeled after Smith Middle School which was used as a shelter during the last ice storm. The Red Cross and the community had high praise for the facility and the comfort level it provided, Community ZJse The new high school is being designed with community use in mind, While the use of athletic facilities is usually hampered by the large number of teams at a school, the commons area, media center and auditorium are used constantly, The building has been designed to allow community use of the building while securing classroom and other areas, A group could use the auditorium without concern for the classroom wings and people wandering where they shouldn't be. Last year over 100,000 people used the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School facilities, logging over 12,000 hours of community use, These large levels demonstrate the District's commitment to providing the community with a full service facility. Construction Schedule The schedule continues to tighten but has not reached the critical stage at this point. It is hoped that CUP approval and a building permit can be obtained by June 2005. After a meeting with the Board of Alderman, The Board of Education put the building out for bid in March 2005. The pre-bid meeting was held on March 29, 2005 and bids were opened on April 18, 2005. Construction would begin in July 2005. This would allow a 20 month construction period, a 3 month punch list completion time frame and a 2 month beneficial occupancy and move in period, In other projects the move in time has been extended by moving into areas that have completed the punch list thus creating a rolling occupancy schedule, This schedule would allow the high school to open in August 2007, The Board of Education agenda item is included in its entirety at the end of this status report, The presentation of bids and a request to ask the County Commissioners for additional funds will be made on Apri121, 2005. The public hearing on high school # 3 by the Board of Aldermen has been scheduled for April 26, 2005, The request for additional funding for high school #3 from the BOCC is tentatively scheduled for May 3, 2005.