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April 30, 2007 (Recessed Meeting) Pa qe 348
<br />The Board of Commissioners for Cabarrus County met in recessed session
<br />with the Cabarrus County Board of Education at the Cabarrus County Schools
<br />Administration Building in Concord, North Carolina, on Monday, April 30, 2007
<br />at 6 p.m.
<br />Present - Chairman: Robert W. Carruth
<br />Vice Chairman: Joni D. Juba
<br />Commissioners: Grace M. Mynatt
<br />Coy C. Privette
<br />H. Jay White, Sr.
<br />Also present were: John D. Day, County Manager; Mike Downs, Deputy
<br />County Manager; Pam Dubois, Deputy County Manager; Jonathan Marshall,
<br />Commerce Director; Kay Honeycutt, Clerk to the Board and Lori Hinson, Deputy
<br />Clerk to the Board.
<br />The following members of the Cabarrus County Board of Education were
<br />also present: Dr. Harold Winkler, Superintendent; Liz Poole, Chairman;
<br />Holly Blackwelder, Vice Chairman and Board members: Carolyn Carpenter, Cindy
<br />Fertenbaugh, Andrea Palo, Lynn Shue, Wayne Williams; and Jeanette Trexler,
<br />Director of Public Relations. Sam Masters, Director of Construction Projects
<br />and Jim Admendum, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services were
<br />also present.
<br />Joe Niggel, with UBS Securities, LLC was also present.
<br />Call to Order
<br />Chairman Carruth and Liz Poole, Cabarrus County Schools Board Chair,
<br />called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m.
<br />Cabarrus County Schools Critical Facility Needs 2007-2012
<br />Jim Amendum, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services,
<br />presented a PowerPoint presentation entitled, ~~Cabarrus County Schools
<br />Critical Facility Needs 2007-2012". Highlights of the presentation included
<br />the following: Goals of the 15-Year Facility Plan, How new schools are
<br />planned, what are the critical needs over the next five years, additional
<br />facility needs, critical project list, consequences if schools are not built
<br />in accordance with 15-year plan timetable and what data exists to support the
<br />listed consequences - if schools are not built in accordance with the
<br />proposed timeline.
<br />There was general discussion on the following issues: cost per student
<br />for elementary, middle and high schools; mobile classrooms; split sessions
<br />versus year round schooling; need for teachers; difficulties associated with
<br />small school sites; using existing buildings to implement the new Pre-K
<br />program; shared athletic facilities; the formation of a Blue Ribbon Committee
<br />to review school needs; fuel costs; school review process used by
<br />Mecklenburg; and significant property tax increases will be required in
<br />addition to reevaluation to pay the debt service on $907 million of school
<br />needs. Throughout the -discussion, Board of Education members responded to
<br />numerous questions by the Board of Commissioners.
<br />Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance
<br />Jonathan Marshall, Commerce Director, presented the revenues generated
<br />by the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) and build-out schedules.
<br />He commented on the expansion of the program and the increase of the
<br />mitigation amount. He said TischlerBise, the consultant used to update the
<br />physical impact analysis, reassessed the unit cost to be $12,000.00. He
<br />pointed out the Board's policy is set at 50 percent of the unit cost.
<br />Mr. Marshall and other County Staff responded to a variety of questions
<br />from the Board of Education members.
<br />Alternative Financing Methods
<br />Joe Niggel, with UBS Securities, LLC, reported on different financing
<br />methods available for school construction, including privatization.
<br />Next Steps
<br />Dr. Winkler stated he would obtain additional information on the cost
<br />per square foot per student, double sessions, costs associated with year
<br />round schools and costs associated with sharing athletic facilities, etc.
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