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Minutes: Oecemher 13,1999 Joint BOCCI$chool Board Worksession ~~ a. CoslEffcient Facilities Initiative John link said that he paNCipated on a task force that included Director d Central Stares and Purchasing Pam Jones, end Commissioners Jacobs and Halkiotis In which they discussed Ne ncepts of value engineering. He said lM1at according to gmwlM1 projections, IM1ere would bee ~etl for 19 new sdtDDls overthe nexl30 years at an estimated cos[ of $340,000,000. The County s also talking about an adequate public facilities oMlnance whicF directly affects M1aw growlM1 Is addressed The focus on the wDi[al Improvement budget will be more accenNated. Pam Janes said chat by looking at Ae projections, the wnslmdion costs over IM1e next IM1ree decades is going to be slgniflcant. $he said Nat what is being proposed torngM Is a process that will Ce collaborative among the schools and the County. Page two of anachment 1b outlines the process. SM1e said IM1at pertormance standards would be developed for now conetmclion. Tha emphasis is on using the available resources Mat will last Melongest amount of time. SM1e explained fM1e prowdure Net would be followed She said that the fundng of Me new censtruGlon ould fallow along similarly wiM Me wnwp6 of value engineering. The Commissioners would approve the prolaIX up front Cut It would be funded In accordance with the various components. The major amount dgme waultl be span[upfront This process also provides some consistent guidelines for the architect. She said Mat this process lsagootl stall wiM geeng togeher and cellaboretlng on what [he acoeptable standards are id bulltlings Nat the County might bulltl. Commissioner Halkiotis said Maf the driving fo¢e behind [his Is Me fad Nat the Shaping Orange Cpuntya Future Task Force presented some mgmening agures with respect to now many schools wouM be needed by the year 2030. He said that when Planning Olmdor Craig Benedlc[ first wme to Orange County, M1e elected doing some atudiee and wnservatNely presided Nat to schools waultl be nestled by Ne year 2030. Commissioner Halkiotis said that IM1e amount of money that waultl Ce nestled m Wnd these schools Is really scary. He feels Mat the County has been very frugal in building necessary structures Nat II needs far its awn programs and Nat rf all of the expendaures for buildings Nat have Oeen built for County functions over [he last ten yeare were added together, IM1e total would not add up to IM1e cesl of one elementary school. He mentioned Mat it is projected Ma[ me County will need a now, vary large jail soon. He feels Nat it la fcol'~shfor IM1e County not fo plan for IM1e $300,000,000 Mal it Is going M co i to huiltl 19 new scM1OOls. Chair Carey clab9ed that the projected 19 schools does cwt indutle raplawmenls. Nick Oitlow shared some lM1OUgMS. He invited Ne County Commissioners to indude partdpatlon Cy Ne school board members in inltlatlves Ilke this. He Bald that Me standards Nat Pam Jones mentioned were not something new in terms of construction. If these sfaMards are a way to gain soma additional a?ciancias and to tlo an even benarjob M Ne stewaMShip of Ma funds Then he feels II Is a goad Idea. He thinks that me scM1OOI boaNS M1ave wnsidereble experience in Mls type of analysis and would be M1appy Ip share it. Susan Halkiotis made reference to Me statement Nat Ne standaNa waultl Ce revlewe0 pedodlcally. She feels that wiN the changes in tecM1nelogy and innovalionsareview is newssary. SM1e feels it Is something IM1at is already being done and tM1a[ sharing information waultl be useful. chair Garay said met he feels it woma ha heneedal mrall paniea m au mwn m diawea me alandama and Ipqk at Nam pehpmwlly m see fr cosy nose rp he reeiaea. Gloria Foley made reference to the neA item, Parks Task Forw ResolNion on Joint Acwss to ReaeaM1On Fatllilies, and said IM1aI when considering Nese faulities Me eRed of open facilites on the teacM1lrg atmosphere needs to be stuotetl. CM1eir Carey said that Nis recommendation includes a group from Ne school boaNS and me County geeing togeMer over Me neat few mgn[ha to artive a[ a plan. Pam Jones said that the standards she spoke of create an overlay to the existing standaNS. John link said that [he Dresenl standards are quaniita[ive in terms of Me amount W square footage per function in Me smmis. Keith Cook said That the aMOpls already have guidelines Mat have been Incomora[etl over tits years aria it seems ma11M1e two school boaMS are not given me credit Mey are due for already