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<br /> <br />t' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />lol4(0'l <br /> <br />7fe~e.n+ecl b~ <br />c.OMrm.¡ 1.Sior\tr ~~WI1\ <br /> <br />FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE THE TWO BOARDS OF <br /> <br />EDUCATION CAME TO US WITH AN UPDATED THE FIFTEEN YEAR FACILITY PLAN, WHICH <br /> <br />INCLUDED THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEEDS, THAT HAD TO BE MET IN ORDER TO AVOID AN <br /> <br />EXTREME OVERCROWDING SITUATION IN OUR COUNTY. <br /> <br />IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE REQUEST FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, <br /> <br />SINCE THE APPROVAL BY THE VOTERS OF THE NC HIGHER EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT <br /> <br />BONDS, THAT WE WOULD GET 1:1 MATCHING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A THIRD FACILITY AT <br /> <br />RCCC. THIS PROCESS HAS STOPPED AND STARTED, AS THE LOCAL ECONO~Y HAS <br /> <br />EBBED AND FLOWED. <br /> <br />THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THESE NEEDS TOTALED APPROXIMATELY $98 MILLION, BUT <br /> <br />WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS, WHILE WE <br /> <br />PLANNED FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE OUTLYING YEARS. <br /> <br />THE NEED FOR THESE FACILITIES WAS EVIDENT; HOWEVER, THIS BODY FELT IT <br /> <br />NECESSARY TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE, WHICH WHEN FINISHED, WOULD GIVE TO US A <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT PATH WE SHOULD TAKE IN REGARDS TO THESE NEEDS. IF <br /> <br />YOU WILL RECALL, THE SAME NIGHT WE APPOINTED THIS COMMITTEE, WE ALSO TOOK THE <br /> <br />STEP TO PLACE A BOND REFERENDUM BEFORE THE VOTERS IN THE NOVEMBER 2004 <br /> <br />GENERAL ELECTION, WITH THE TOTAL COST OF THE BOND REFERENDUM TO BE <br /> <br />DETERMINED. <br /> <br />.b <br />