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as As noted in We June anion, this process will Involve atltlitional steps as the Boats is called upon to fake action at various milestones in the project, rather than allocating a lump sum for each project when the ClP is approved. However, [his means of appropriating for capital projects appears to provitle Ne Gounty mnsitlerably more Oexibility in resource management. Since appropriations woultl be made by project component and woultl be basetl on more amurate cost tlafa, any surplus from the total protect woultl remain available far appropriation to fuWre CIP projects. benefits: • Wa believe[his approach promotes greater consistency in systems and does a bederjpb of analyzing systems before they are specifletl for use In a bulldog. Major time and cost commitments occur one time. As future refinements of the sfendaNa become necessary. they shoultl be manageable antl coultl poaeibly be accomplished through collaboration of School antl Gounty staff This approach provides consistent guidelines for designers retainetl by the County end Schools krfaciliry tlesign. Clearly adicula[etl expectations on Me front end cf a project are likely to yieltl a more acceptable result. Possibly iM1e greatest benefit to implementing cos[ effmien[ facilities Initiatives is cur enhanced ability to project accurate mnstmction costs. As previously indicated, our accurate projection of vests for the CIP will become essential with iM1e atlopfion of SAPFO. This becomes apparent when one untleratantla that SAPFO is driven by a complex inter-relationship involving growth- generetetl demantl far school capacity, capacity of existing school facilities, projectetl school constmdionlcapacity, construction mats for school facilities antl GIP funtletl budgets for school constmction ..Under this scenario, any deviation from original tlata regarding capacity and subsequent mnstmction costs could rouse significant negative impact on CIP appropriations.