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1 <br /> ORD-2024-011 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-c <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Budget Amendment #9-A — Capital Reallocation for Orange County <br /> Schools <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager, Orange County Schools <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Efland Cheeks Renovation Contract Kirk Vaughn, (919) 245-2153 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of Budget Amendment #9-A for Orange County Schools to <br /> reallocate capital funds from a variety of existing capital projects to fund roofing work at Orange <br /> High, a roof replacement at New Hope Elementary, and interior renovations at Efland Cheeks <br /> Elementary. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Schools District submitted a capital budget amendment <br /> request to move funds from existing capital projects to fund the Orange High Arts Wing, <br /> Auditorium and Main Hall Roof Renovation, New Hope Elementary Roof Replacement, and Efland <br /> Cheeks Elementary Interior Renovations. In reviewing the District's current capital balance <br /> spending plans, the Woolpert consultant noted that these projects did not align with the sequence <br /> or scope of the Woolpert Option C High Priority Needs recommendations. Because the County <br /> counted both School Districts' existing capital balances when arranging funding for the Option C <br /> recommendations, funding these projects would reduce the amount of funding available for other <br /> projects that Woolpert identified as high priority needs in the District. <br /> The first project is the Orange High School Cultural Arts Wing, Auditorium and Main Hall Roof <br /> Replacement. Woolpert noted that the roof had four (4) years of useful life left before needing <br /> replacement. Orange County Schools staff stated that while the overall roof is in good shape and <br /> has additional useful life, some components of the roof have had significant leaks and were <br /> graded as a D during the District's 2016 Roof Assessment. <br /> The second project is the New Hope Roof Replacement. Woolpert assessed the roof to have six <br /> (6) years of useful life. The District similarly reports that the roof received a grade of D in the 2016 <br /> roofing assessment and that they are experiencing leaks throughout the building. They are also <br /> experiencing some visible separation of the standing seam roof and stagnant moisture seeping <br /> into the cavity of the wall due to the poor design of the gutter system. <br /> The third project is the Efland Cheeks Renovation. The Woolpert consultant noted significant <br /> deficiencies at Efland Cheeks, but only recommended a $1.3 million budget to address the highest <br /> priority needs. The District has entered into a contract to make $4.795 million in renovations. This <br />