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<br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION <br /> <br />Capital Needs Work Group <br /> <br />November 29, 2021 <br />Meeting – 8:00am <br /> <br />Due to current public health concerns, the Capital Needs Work Group is conducting a Virtual <br />Meeting on November 29, 2021. Members of the Group will be participating in the meeting <br />remotely. <br /> <br /> <br />1. Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose <br /> <br />2. Designate Officers <br />a. Commissioner Jean Hamilton – Chair <br />b. OCS Board of Education member Bonnie Hauser – Vice Chair <br /> <br />3. FY 2022-32 Capital Budget Kickoff <br />a. Gary Donaldson, Orange County Chief Financial Officer and <br />Rebecca Crawford, Orange County Deputy Financial Services <br />Director shared a powerpoint presentation for the FY 2022-32 <br />Capital Budget process kick-off (attached to these notes). <br /> <br />4. Deferred Maintenance Planning <br />a. Work Group members had the following comments: <br />i. Bonnie Hauser – 30 aging buildings in system – <br />missing from the conversation <br />1. Is there a way to move some of the costs to <br />PAYGO? Debt is alarming. <br />ii. Patrick Abele – would like to look at feasibility of <br />funding going into old buildings vs building new <br />schools and replacing old ones <br />1. Concerned with forecasting 6-10 years based on <br />short time frame and existing facility study is <br />older from 2012 – will need an updated facility <br />study in order to ensure information is accurate <br />– proposed a Phase I for 1-5 years of needs and <br />Phase II 6-10 years of needs, which would be <br />presented after the initial budget period. <br />2. Asked the status of land banking for new <br />schools – inventory of sites is low and predicts <br />tremendous growth is coming <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: F3ECCCC4-11C5-4B8B-A148-28FAABFF6334