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3 A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Gordon to approve option 2 of the Capital Funding Options. VOTE: Ayes, 4; No, 1 (Commissioner Jacobs) 9-e. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education Reauest for Additional Fundina for Hiah School #3 Construction John Link made reference to the letter dated April 22, 2005 from Superintendent Pedersen, which is a request for additional funding for the completion of High School #3. The resolution by the Board of Education adopted April 21St was a request to the County Commissioners to provide an amount of $7,534,200, which would bring the total amount for the high school to $39,176,200. Appendix 18 is a series of questions asked of the school board last week and the responses. Commissioner Gordon pointed out that this is not a work session but a continuation of a regular meeting. John Link gave his recommendation. He said that the way he would respond is the way he would expect the Board of County Commissioners to ask of him if the outcome of a bid process was proportionately the same amount as the school board's was. The first question he would ask is at what point the architects give any indication that the increase would be something other than what was indicated in the fall - $4.5 - 5 million. He would be concerned about the architects sharing relevant information about where they are in the bid process because he knows how the prices of steel and concrete are, but there is a point where the architects should advise not going out to bid because of the price increases. He made reference to page five of appendix 18, or the letter dated April 29th, which lists the alternates that were sited for the building. He would expect the County Commissioners to tell him in a situation like this to go back and see what can be done about the alternates to cut back on the cost overage. On page 11 of the letter, there is about $1 million worth of extra costs, for things such as environmental issues. He would ask the Board to consider whether these extras are necessary. He would also recommend that the Board look at the Manager's recommendation of reallocation of the $12.8 million for Elementary School #10 - $3.5 million is already earmarked for the OCS Middle School #3. There is also $3.8 million earmarked for High School #3, and the Board could decide to allocate more or less for this. He pointed out that the County has no other source of revenue to address its capital issues, such as the new senior centers, the animal service building, and the County campus. His last recommendation is that the school board looks at how it might address some of the difference between $3.8 million and the total overage of $7.6 million by looking at pay-as-you-go priorities that were given to the Board last week. He would expect the Board to tell him to go back to the pay-as-you-go CIP and see where to find other funding to make up the difference in a project with such overages. Chair Carey agreed with John Link about the questions that the Board would raise to its own staff. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if the County Commissioners had asked the school board to make sure that this school was generator ready to be used as a community shelter. Steve Scroggs said that there is a line item that talks about the generator costs. Commissioner Halkiotis asked if the County Commissioners asked them to do this, or if the staff asked them to do this. John Link said that the staff asked the school board to do this. Commissioner Halkiotis said that the Board of County Commissioners designated two emergency shelters in the County -one at C. W. Stanford Middle School and one at Smith Middle School. The County Commissioners never formally voted to ask that this high school also be designated as a community shelter. John Link stated that he took responsibility. Commissioner Halkiotis said that rainwater collection is nice, but $330,000 is too significant for rainwater collection. He asked about the day-lighting for $512,000. Steve