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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Recently, the school system requested funding for several more <br />projects. The scope of work for these projects is relatively small. As shown in the chart below, requested <br />funding falls within the amounts included in the CIP and the attached capital project ordinances provide <br />for the funding outlined below: <br />Capital Project 1999-00 CIP 1999-00 Funding Source <br /> Appropriation (as Request from <br /> included in the CHCCS <br /> approved 1999-09 <br /> CIP) <br />Americans Disabilities Act (ADA) <br />Requirements -bring facilities into <br />compliance with the Americans with <br />Disabilities Act including retrofitting $25,000 $25,000 'h cent sales tax <br />doors, renovating bathrooms, <br />modifying parking lots, and installing <br />elevators <br />Energy Efficiency Improvements - <br />install new energy efficient light <br />fixtures fo enable the district to realize $125,000 $125,000 '/z cent sales tax <br />utility savings <br />Mobile Classrooms -purchase two <br />middle school mobile classrooms to <br />help with overcrowding until Smith $125,000 $125,000 '/Z cent sales tax <br />Middle School opens in 2001-02 <br />Planning for Future Projects - <br />provides for preliminary planning for <br />major projects such as Culbreth <br />Middle School auditorium $50,000 $50,000 Savings from Scroggs <br />improvements, Transportation Center Elementary School <br />expansion, and Carrboro Elementary Capital Project <br />major renovations <br />Roofing Projects -repair and Savings from East <br />replace roofs throughout the District $230,000 $230,000 Chapel Hill High School <br /> Addition Capital Project <br />Chapel Hill High School Cultural <br />Arts Center- purchase equipment $40,000 $40,000 '/z cent sales tax <br />Chapel Hill High School Door <br />Replacement- replace exterior $75,000 $75,000 '/2 cent sales tax <br />doors and frames in the main building <br />Athletic Facilities -improve athletic '/z cent sales tax <br />facilities at Chapel Hill High School ($715,000) and savings <br />including bleachers, press box, $785,000 $785,000 from Scroggs Elementary <br />stadium bathrooms, concession School Capital Project <br />stand, ticket booths and sound system ($70,000) <br />During prior CIP discussions with the Board, CHCCS staff has discussed redirecting savings from both <br />the Scroggs Elementary School capital project and the East Chapel Hill High School capital project to <br />other current projects. The attached ordinances reduce the budget for these two projects by $120,000 <br />and $230,000 respectively. <br />