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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO BOARD OF EDUCATION <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION <br /> Capital Needs Work Group <br /> April 19, 2023 <br /> Meeting— 8:30-10am <br /> The Capital Needs Work Group is conducting a Virtual Meeting on April 19, 2023. Members of <br /> the Group will participate in the meeting remotely. <br /> Group: Steve Arndt, Kirk Vaughn, Perdita Holtz, Jean Hamilton, David Sturtz, Greg Wilder, <br /> Bonnie Hauser, Dwayne Foster, Travis Myren, Al Ciarochi, Thomas Dudley, Cy Stober, Riza <br /> Jenkins, Rani Dasi, Patrick Florence, Jessica Goodell, Patrick Abele, Gary Donaldson, Andre <br /> Stewart, Patrick Florence <br /> 1. Welcome—Commissioner Jean Hamilton, Chair of Work Group <br /> Jean reviews agenda, leads introductions and welcomes group. <br /> 2. Woolpert Inc. Introduction and Presentation <br /> • Jessica Goodell and David Sturtz presents (slides to be provided with minutes) <br /> o Team works together for 10 years doing this work. <br /> o Project timeline. Work to be done by year end. <br /> o Deliverables: Condition Assessment Data, Educational Adequacy Results, <br /> Projects, Optimization plan. <br /> o Facility Condition Assessment + Utilization to determine needs of the <br /> schools. Establish target range. <br /> o Uses special information, to determine where size and location are not <br /> match population needs. <br /> o Shows Guilford report example. <br /> • Bonnie—asked about the space needs and maintenances. <br /> o Jessica—assessment will go to component level to determine what needs to <br /> be replaced. Can provide maintenance estimates (3-5% as standard <br /> estimate). <br /> o David — On location, looking at capacity versus population, what is the <br /> utilization of that building?Where is the population moving?Uses example <br /> in nearby county where the data shows that families are not sticking to three <br /> older elementary schools. Data recommends replacing those with modern <br /> elementary schools, not maintaining current schools. <br /> • Jean — asks what reasons can the data provide to let us know why students are <br /> leaving? <br />