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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> B. School Optimization Plan <br /> The completed Plan will provide guidance for potential CHCCS and OCS factors influencing <br /> efficient capacity utilization of facilities. The development of the Optimization Plan should be <br /> comprehensive and address the most important utilization issues currently facing CHCCS and OCS <br /> in a fiscally responsible and efficient manner. CHCCS and OCS expects the Consultant's <br /> optimization plan(s)to integrate facility capital improvements, in a manner that improves existing <br /> utilization, while at the same time optimizes capital improvement funding required to address <br /> future needs and space capacity. <br /> When synthesizing utilization optimization with facility condition assessments, the Consultant <br /> may consider: <br /> 1) Current and projected enrollment versus school capacities <br /> a. Over utilization of temporary capacity(mobile units) <br /> b. Over or under utilization of built capacity (brick and mortar buildings) <br /> c. Is the core space (kitchen, dining, food service lines) sufficient to support <br /> enrollment <br /> 2) Alternative uses for the building <br /> 3) Repurpose schools as administrative facilities, or specialty schools <br /> 4) Educational Adequacy <br /> a. Consolidation and or reorganization to support new instructional programs and <br /> or class sizes <br /> S) Spaces that are inadequate, or non-conforming to CHCCS, OCS, Orange County, and <br /> NCDPI baseline standards for the intended instructional program,and or other guidelines, <br /> standards and statutes (including Title IX deficiencies) <br /> 6) Current facility condition <br /> 7) Operation of facility as currently utilized is cost prohibitive <br /> 8) Physical constraints of the site renders potential growth impractical <br /> 9) Capital improvement costs can be offset or mitigated by instructional and or operational <br /> program changes <br /> 10) CHCCS and OCS will assist the Consultant in obtaining the following to the greatest extent <br /> feasible: <br /> a. School capacity, use, and utilization data <br /> Identifying the rate of reinvestment required to maintain components of facilities as they <br /> degrade and become unusable is critical to the long-range planning and funding.The Consultant <br /> shall analyze and model the rates of degradation of each facility, and report on the required <br /> reinvestment rate on an annual basis to replace components as such components become <br /> inoperable. Elements of the analysis will include: <br /> 1) Identification of the approximate replacement cost of each building and <br /> building component. <br /> 2) Rates of standard degradation of each component and the cost to <br /> replace/refurbish that component. <br /> 3) Current condition of each building component. <br /> 4) The ability to analyze multi-year outlooks and various combinations of <br /> building type reinvestment rates and multi-phasing of large-scale capital <br /> projects. <br /> 6 <br />