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l <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 19, 2002 <br /> Action Ag7�_ <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Approve Funding for the Design and Construction Phase of Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Elementary School #9 Located at <br /> Meadowmont <br /> DEPARTMENT: Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT (S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Donna Dean 245-2151 <br /> Attachment 1. Chronology of Elementary TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> School #9 Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Attachment 2. Comparison of Elementary#9 Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Project Costs to Commissioner Adopted Durham 688-7331 <br /> Elementary School Construction Standards Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> Attachment 3. February 7, 2002 Memo from <br /> Bill Mullin re: Elementary School #9 <br /> Construction Bids <br /> Attachment 4. Bid Tabulation for <br /> Construction of Elementary#9 <br /> Attachment 5. November 20, 2001 Site Plan <br /> for Schools and Town Use Agreement <br /> Attachment 6. CHCCS Elementary#9 <br /> Construction Capital Project Ordinance <br /> PURPOSE: To receive an update on CHCCS Elementary School #9 and allocate <br /> November 2001 bond funds for the Design and Construction Phase of the new school <br /> (including site work, construction and associated start-up costs), in accordance with <br /> Commissioner approved Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects. <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 21, 2002, the CHCCS Board of Education approved a <br /> single prime contract bid award to Resolute Building Company to construct Elementary <br /> School #9 at Meadowmont. The base amount of the bid totaled $10,830,000. With the <br /> acceptance of twelve alternates, the total contract price is $10,921,250. This bid included <br /> costs for site work/grading and construction of the school. CHCCS has requested that the <br /> BOCC approve an amended capital project ordinance for Elementary #9 that will bring the <br /> anticipated final CHCCS/County cost for the project to $12,560,784. The November 2001 <br /> school bond referendum included $12.8 million for construction of Elementary #9. <br /> In November 2000, the Board of Commissioners approved a Policy on Planning and <br /> Funding School Capital Projects. That policy identifies two levels of school construction <br /> projects — Level 1 and Level 2. Level 1 projects are those projects that have a relatively <br />