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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 19, 2001 Action Agenda Item No. ~ SUBJECT: Cedar Ridge High School Capital Pro~ct Ordinance _ __ __ DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Dean, 245-2151 Attachment 1. Letter of Request from the Orange County Board of Education Attachment 2. OCS Cedar Ridge High School Capital Project Ordinance TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 68$-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To approve a request from the Orange County Board of Education to increase fire fighting capacity for Cedar Ridge High School. BACKGROUND: Recently Civil Consultants, Inc. conducted a study of several fire protection system options for Cedar Ridge High School for the Orange County Board of Education. According to the infom~ation contained in the attached letter (Attachment 1 of this abstract), the fire suppression capacity, as currently designed, meets minimum State requirements. The Board of Education is interested in taking additional steps to improve safety by increasing the capacity beyond what the State requires. The consultants identified two options: Option #1 -Construction of a private 200,000 gallon cylindrical ground storage tank near the corner of Orange Grove Road and Grady Brown School Road at an estimated cost of $350,000. Option #2 -Construction of a new 250,000 gallon elevated water storage tank at the same location as in Option #1 at an estimated cost of $600,000. Details regarding each option are included in Attachment 1 of this abstract. In keeping with the Commissioner's Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects, the Superintendent has submitted details regarding the change order, in writing, to the County Manager (Attachment 1). The District requests that the Commissioners approve a reallocation of project savings (cun-ently budgeted in the project Contingency) to complete Option #1.