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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 6, 2007 <br />Action Agenndab <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Elementary #10 Update <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/ Budget <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Attachment 1. January 26, 2007 <br />Memorandum from Superintendent Neil <br />Pedersen <br />Attachment 2. February 2, 2007 <br />Memorandum from Superintendent Neil <br />Pedersen <br />Attachment 3. Minutes from January 9, <br />2007 Town of Carrboro Public Hearing <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Laura Blackmon, 919-245-2300 <br />Donna Coffey, 245-2151 <br />Attachment 4. October 11, 2006 <br />Memorandum from County Budget <br />Director regarding County's Debt <br />Issuance Plans <br />PURPOSE: To update the Board of County Commissioners regarding Chapel Hill Carrboro <br />City Schools Elementary #10. <br />BACKGROUND: Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools plans to construct its tenth elementary <br />school on the northern portion of the County-owned Twin Creeks school/park campus located <br />near the intersection of Old NC 86 and Eubanks Road in the Chapel Hill Township. As planned, <br />Elementary #10 contains 90,229 square feet and is a prototype of Rashkis Elementary (less a <br />community gymnasium) that opened in August 2003. Water and sewer infrastructure do not <br />currently serve the Twin Creeks site, a 193-acre parcel purchased by the County in 2001. In <br />addition to the school, the Master Plan for the site includes development of a County park along <br />with possible future schools. <br />The timeline below offers an update of recent activity related to Elementary #10: <br />• October 17, 2006 - The Board of County Commissioners reviewed and approved final <br />plans for construction of the school and authorized the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools <br />to solicit construction bids.