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<br />- <br />- <br />- - <br />- - <br />- - <br />- - <br />~ - <br />- - <br />- - <br />- - <br />-- <br />-- <br /> <br />RCCC <br /> <br />Post Office 80x 1595 <br />Salisbury, North Carolina 28145-1595 <br />Phone 704 637-0760 <br /> <br />Rowan-Cabarrus Community College <br /> <br />April 21, 2005 <br /> <br />Chair, Cabarrus County <br />Board of Commissioners <br />Governmental Center <br />P.D.Box 707 <br />Concord, NC 28026-0707 <br /> <br />Chair Carolyn Carpenter and Cabarrus Commissioners: <br /> <br />As you are aware, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (RCCC) has for some <br />time experienced an acute shortage of parking for sfaff, students, and visitors at <br />our Cabarrus Campus on Trinity Church Road. During the past two years at <br />peak operating times the College has experienced over 200 vehicles parking in <br />non-designated areas creating unsafe conditions and a detrimental effect on the <br />environment. In 2004, RCCC received budget approval from Cabarrus County in <br />the amount of $405,000 and contracted with Concord Engineering & Survey, Inc. <br />for design of an additional parking facility. The designed facility allows for <br />expansion of our existing parking area to accommodate an additional 333 <br />vehides. The low construction bid for the project, provided by Piedmont Asphalt <br />and Paving on April 18, 2005, exceeded the projected (budgeted) construction <br />costs of $345,100 by $69,560. <br /> <br />The higher bid than projected and budgeted is attributable to four factors: <br />1. The general increase in asphalt and concrete prices, which are <br />important elements of the constructions. <br />2. The City of Kannapolis is requiring significant modification to the <br />retaining pond which was not originally planned in the project. <br />3. Additional costs for geotechnical (soil boring) samples which were not <br />originally planned in the project. <br />4. Existing market conditions within the local engineering and paving <br />industry. <br /> <br />We are requesting that the County provide the additional $69,560 funding so that <br />RCCC may proceed with the contract for building these needed improvements <br />with Piedmont Asphalt and Paving. This would bring the total Cabarrus budget <br />for this parking facility to $474,560. <br /> <br />F- 'd--I <br />