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Design end Construction Phase - 'includes foal design, facility <br />constmction antl purchase cf equipment, furnlahinge, technology, antl <br />one-time startup items. <br />• Final Accounting Phase - provides a reconciliation of actual project <br />expenditures with approved budget, <br />As defined In the policy outlined above, wnstmction of Elementary School M9 in <br />the CHCCS diatdct is a Level 2 project antl therefore requires that the Board of <br />Gcmmissicners approve the project a[ the vadcua phases outlined above. <br />Footling for the schcol, to be constmctetl at the Meatlowmonl subdivision in <br />Chapel Hill, comas from a combinatlon of pay-as-you-go monies antl the recent <br />voter approved November 2001 bond referendum. To date, Me BoaN of <br />Commissioners have approved the following phases pf the project: <br />• GonceptlPre-Planning Phase <br />December 2000 -The Commissioners appropriated $132,184 in funding <br />for the initial phase, ConcepVPre-Planning, for this project. Funding for <br />this phase came from savings Inthe Smith Mitltlle Schaal construction <br />protect The appropriatwn provided footling far wnaeplual drewings <br />(schematics) antl preliminary permit fees (far the Town of Chapel Hillj for <br />the school <br />Planning Phase. <br />February 7, 2001 -Per the Ccmmissicner approved policy, the Boats of <br />County Commissioners should appoint s representative to work directly <br />with the Board of Education as if plans and constmcis a new facility. The <br />Board appointed Chair Halkiotie ae its Commissioner representative. <br />March 8, 2001 -CHCCS staff presented preliminary plans to the BoaN of <br />Commissioners iorieview. Those plans adhered to the County's <br />Elementary School Construction SfandaNS and included a multipurpose <br />room instead of agymnaeium. <br />Al that [line, the Commissioners appropdatetl an additional $440,4fi2 for <br />the Planning Phase of the protect. Funding for this phase came frcm <br />Smtth Middle School constmctloh project savings ($24],816) antl an <br />apprcpdation of $192.462 from the School Capital Project Funtl Balance. <br />Specifically, this phase enfalletl: <br />• Refining the schemafm plans; <br />• Developing wnslruceon antl site work tle+ails; <br />• Producing protect drawings that fix the building size antl charectedsfiw <br />(including building elevations, exfedor finishes. and mechanical, <br />eleUrical antl plumbing systems). <br />