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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 9, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Addenda to the Interlocal Agreement on CHCCS High School #3 <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners/ PUBLIC BEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Manager/Attorney/Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />August 2003 Interlocal Agreement <br />Revised Proposed Addenda A and B <br />Report and Background Documents on <br />Smart Growth Principles <br />(under separate cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Barry Jacobs or Margaret Brown, 245-2125 <br />John Link, 245-2300 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />TELEPHONE Nl1MBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of two addenda to the interlocal agreement that became <br />effective on August 7, 2003 regarding the planned third Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br />(CHCCS) high school, <br />BACKGROUND: On June 23, 2003, the Board of Commissioners approved an interlocal <br />agreement between the County and CHCCS that established the anticipated budget and other <br />considerations related to the project to design and build a third high school in the Chapel Hill- <br />Carrboro system, The BOCC determined that they would provide $27.8 million in capital <br />funding for this project. The original agreement provided that CHCCS would be responsible to <br />fund, in a manner not requiring Orange County to incur additional debt, any amount by which <br />the overall high school #3 project cost should exceed the $27.8 million budget (the original <br />agreement did not include subsequently proposed addenda A and B described below)*. The <br />BOCC also indicated that they would provide an additional $2.2 million if CHCCS provided the <br />BOCC with a satisfactory proposal "for a design of CHCCS high school #3 that promotes smart- <br />growth, which design addresses `reduced parking, ~reducedJ land disturbance, and other <br />deleterious aspects of current plans"' On August 7, 2003, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of <br />Education likewise approved the agreement. <br />~In conjunction with its approval of the interlocal agreement, the Board of Education proposed <br />two addenda that they believed would help clarify the intent and scope of the interlocal <br />agreement. The County Commissioners considered the proposed addenda at their regular <br />meeting on August 19, 2003, but refrained from taking action at that time pending requested <br />modifications to both. <br />