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2 addenda directly to the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education so they could review the addenda and provide comments during the BOGC's winter break. The Board of Education considered the revised addenda at their meeting on January 15, 2004 and approved Addendum A without change from the version referred to them by the BOCG an December 9, The Board of County Commissioners subsequently approved Addendum A at their meeting an February 17, 2004, thus putting its provisions into effect, The Board of Education determined that all but three points identified in the revised Addendum B were acceptable as rewritten. However, the Board of Education also determined that further cost and feasibility study related to shuttle buses and park & ride shelters would be needed, and that changes related to the number of permitted staff/visitor parking spaces would be needed, As requested by the BOCC, Planning staff conducted analysis of the outstanding issues, The Planning Director was scheduled to provide a brief report at the April 20, 2004 BOCC meeting on the implications of those outstanding issues so that a determination can be made in the near future by the BOCC of the amount of "smart growth" additional funding that may be provided to the budget far this capital project. However, time considerations limited this presentation, and, in the alternative, the BOCC asked that the proposed Addendum B and associated materials be forwarded to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen for comment during one of its next two meetings, if possible, The materials were forwarded to Carrboro and comments by Carrboro staff were received by the County in mid-May. Those comments are attached. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen did hear a presentation from CHCCS staff on the proposed high school #3 at the Board's June 8, 2004 meeting, and Board members provided general feedback during the meeting. However, it is County staffs understanding from Carrboro staff that no conclusive comments or decisions were made by the Board on June 8 and that, other than the minutes of the meeting, there are no plans to detail the presentation content and comments into a formal document. The Administration recommends that the Board consider approving a version of Addendum B that is revised from the mast recent version the Board examined, This revised Addendum B removes for subsequent consideration (perhaps as the substance of a future "Addendum C") the elements of smart growth initiatives (as discussed in the attached June 18, 2004 Planning Director memo) that have work remaining. The four smart growth initiatives have an approximate cost to implement, and same can create a cost savings. Reduced parking can save money and/or reduce offsite Smith Level Road and Rock Haven Road intersection improvements, If NCDOT can incorporate it into their upcoming transportation improvement plan, that can also save over $200,000. To implement these important student transportation initiatives such as shuttles, park-and-ride shelters and sidewalk connectivity enhancements, staff proposes that $300,000 be held in reserve of the $2,200,000 additional appropriation that was in excess of the initial High School #3 project budget of $27,800,000. Staff further recommends that $1,900,000 be formally allocated for the other smart growth building and site aspects that have been incorporated into the high school proposal. These other aspects have been exhibited and are as noted in Addendum B (excluding Items 1, 7a, 7d and 7f), FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated directly with the discussion of this item. However, as noted above and in accordance with the interlocal agreement approved by bath governing boards, the high school #3 capital project budget will be increased by up to