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~ L+ULIt1t~'~C~ <br />iqr~~ ~ <br />January 19, 2010 <br />Mr. Jay White, County Chair person <br />Ms. Liz Poole, County Vice-Chair person <br />Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners <br />Government Center <br />Concord, NC 28025 <br />-!-l01 Old ~lirpa•t Roacl <br />PO Bor 388 (70~Ij 262-6219 <br />Crn~cni•cl. PVC' 2RO2h.03RR (70-/) 262-61-1 /Fat' <br />Re: Request for Funds to Accelerate Construction of Hickory Ridge Middle School <br />Dear Mr. White and Ms. Poole: <br />Thank you for meeting with the Cabarrus Board of Education Chair and Vice Chair persons <br />and CCS staff members to discuss the issue of accelerating the completion of construction of <br />the Hickory Ridge Middle School. <br />It is vital to complete the project, if possible, before the start of the school year on August 25, <br />2010 in order to avoid operating two schools on the grounds of C.C. Griffin Middle School, <br />which is already severely overcrowded. <br />The original completion date for the school, as agreed to in the contract, is Se tember 8'h. It <br />p <br />was initially hoped by all parties that with good weather, this date could have been moved up <br />to the desired August 25"' date without any problem. Unfortunately, the weather this winter <br />has not cooperated and unless unusual measures and efforts are implemented, the August <br />25`" completion date is not possible. <br />To this end we request an additional $350,000 be provided to the contractor to offset their <br />costs for added general conditions including assigning more management staff to the project, <br />additional overtime and weekend work, innovative means and methods implemented by the <br />subcontractors where needed, as well as incentive monies. <br />If the Board of Commissioners agrees to approve this additional expenditure, we request that <br />the funds are made available to the project from the Sales Tax Credit Funds. Timely <br />approval by the Board of this request is appreciated due the limited amount of time between <br />now and August 25th and the limited number of things that can be expedited to effect this <br />change in completion date. <br />Thank you for your consideration of this request. Please contact Dr. Shepherd, Kelly Kluttz <br />or me if you have any further questions. <br />K...Sincerely~ ~--,.-y <br />C:.. c~~!,~~ <br />~~ <br />Dr. Barry Shepherd <br />Superintendent <br />Sincer~, <br />n Wike, AIA <br />Director of Construction Services <br />G-3 <br />Page 316 <br />