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Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools Lincoln Center, Merritt Mill Road Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Telephone: (919) 967-8211 Fax: (919) 933-4560 Neil Pedersen, Superintendent Stephen ,A. Scroggs, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services To: John Link, Manager Orange County From: Neil Pedersen, Superinte Chapel Hill-Carrboro Ci Schools Re: Responses to Manager's Concerns of Apri124, 2003 Date: May 18, 2003 I am providing the following responses to concerns you raised during the April 24, 2003 County Commissioners meeting. Please feel free to contact me if further clarification is needed. Responses to the Manager's Concerns 1. "lt'Ixole Package" decision - s[te price slrouCd be in context of overall t~roject budget The "Whole Package" concept is the basis for the proposed interlocal agreement that the Board of County Commissioners will consider on May 20th. The School Board has repeatedly taken the position that it is willing to move forward with this project and will assume responsibility for any expenses that exceed the projected budget of $33,870,000. If the cost exceeds this amount and then causes an overall budget overrun, the School Board would expect to make adjustments in its CIP to cover this condition. 2, Sriuare footage at upper end, cost ~rcee~Js, air~rored HS cotzstructirm standards 1~'llile the square footage is at the upper end of the ran~,~c and tl~c project costs do exceed. the budgjet prescribed in the standards, it is important to note the reasons ~vhy. I..anci costs in Chapel 1-11.11. clearly exceed. those i_r~ c}ther parts of'the cour~t~~. i_,and costs exceeduig $30,Ot)0 per acre art common. Site preparation due to topography, rock, environmental concerns and governTUeutal i°egulations are also 1ligher. Storm water retention, I~CI_) conservation, and bio retention are examples of higher site costs in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. L;xcess casts are entircl` attributable to site and site, development costs.