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Addressing adequacy and safety issues with these projects. <br /> Looking at full bond project: we have district wide fencing and canopies, <br /> addressing needs in HVAC and flooring. When you look at breakdown and <br /> being in alignment with Woolpert, addressing educational adequacy needs, <br /> we are doing that. <br /> Commissioner Hamilton: A question about the transportation center <br /> renovations,what is that about? I don't remember this in the Woolpert plan <br /> Dwayne: It has major needs from a parking lot standpoint and it's an old <br /> facility with bays, etc. that need to be upgraded to provide high quality <br /> service for bus transportation. I think it's part of the high priority needs <br /> across the district <br /> Commissioner Bedford: Is this the facility where mechanics work on both <br /> districts buses? <br /> Dwayne: No, it's the transportation facility for OCS. I did reach out about <br /> the other facility in Chapel Hill, and what the expectation was. It's not the <br /> case this time to renovate that space. <br /> Andre: We have been working through supplemental deferred maintenance <br /> to address our needs in this regard <br /> Rani: Can you talk about k-8 vs. K-5? The new elementary school will <br /> replace one elementary school or 2? <br /> Dwayne: It will replace one of our oldest elementary schools. As far as K- <br /> 5 vs. K-8: when you look at it financially,moving towards a K8 we thought <br /> that would require a larger site and be more expenses to construct. We <br /> would also be needing more facilities for those higher grades. So needs are <br /> greater at the elementary level. <br /> Bonnie: I want to build on the new elementary school explanation. If you <br /> remember Woolpert asked us to do 2 things: build a new elementary school <br /> in the western part of the county and consolidate central and Hillsborough <br /> elementary to one site. Hillsborough elementary is our year round school. <br /> We're not doing either of those projects. People are not comfortable with <br /> the enrollment situation to add capacity in the western part of the county. <br /> We've made improvements to central so consolidation didn't make sense. <br /> Hillsborough elementary would be very expensive to update. Looks like <br /> we'll be abandoning the HES campus and then put elementary school in a <br /> new location. We're not doing a consolidation. <br /> Grady Brown was not targeted by Woolpert for replacement. It has open <br /> classrooms that create serious security concerns. A consultant has worked <br />