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ao • Total estimated construction casts over 30 years for Orange County School Dis4ict Is therefore $128,951,280. • Total estimated construction mats over 30 years for Chapel HiIllCartboro School District is therefore $ $218512,405. • Total estimatetl construction costs over 30 years to meet etlumtional facility needs Is therefore $338,483,686. Fudher, the County is facing signifimnt mnstmcMion nestle of its own through rts stetutodly requlretl support of court system facilities. Preliminary estimates equate the cost of the judicial facilities (without tail mnsWCtion) with those of a new elementary school. This brings [he total potential3o-year consWCtign outlay for education and judicial facilities to approximately $ 352,249,1 ]0. Projectetl costs of this magnitude create a considerable challenge fo ensure that consWC[ion and major renovation projects funded by the County are properly designed to meet both County and Schml nestle within available resources. In atltlition, with the advent of the School Adequate Public Facilities Ortlinance (SAPFO), now in tlevelppment, the fiscal issues will tlemantl greater adention. As you may know, the SAPFO will, among other things: Degne a level of service capacity, which each new school will be expectetl to meet. For example, iP'X"number of units are approved for tlevelopment within the County, then "V" type of stlrool (elementary, middle, high school)whh "Z" capacity must be built wthin the next "N' number of years; antl The SAPFO will allow schmis to operate marginally over-capacity for onlya limited period of time, thereby creating the necessity for school mnstmctlon to be considered in a timely manner. Apofentlal solunon~ This look to the horizon tells us that the limited package of footling resources available [o supped construction initiatives will not be sufficient to meet tlemantl withoN very careful planning. Ratherthanto immediately raise thefuMing bar, and potentially the tax role, it is pendent [o consitler cos[ efficiency measures that will provide functionally excellent hcilities at a manageable cost. In the Spring/Summer 1999 the Bcartl mnsitleretl a value engineering option for County antl school projects, in which each faulity woultl be subject to a value engineering process in tandem whh its design. This approach proved tq be unsuitable, particularly for upcoming school constmctlon projects, from a cost antl timing point of view.