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Mr. Gene Bell ~'1) b,) Orange County Planning Dept P. O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 (I of 4) DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED SITE AND FACILITY PLANNING This agreement between the Orange County ands Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Boazds of Education and the governing Boazds of Orange County ands the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro ands Hillsborough is intended to establish and implement a coordinated site and facility planning process for schools and compatible government facilities. but not for making ~:QinnQ concerning such facilities. The purpose of the coordinated planning process is to ~g information among the parties to the agreement, optimize the collocation and use of schools and other public facilities in a way that builds community, provides public services where they are most needed, assures the compatibility of collocated services, and efficiently uses public resources. To further these goals, the Orange County and{a~ Chapel HiIU Carrboro Boards of Education and the governing Boards of Orange County ands the Towns of Chapel Hill, a~fe~ Carrboro a~ Hillsborough do hereby agree to the following separate and shared responsibilities for coordinated facility planning to the extent that it does not delay time critical construction of either school or government facilities. These statements of responsibilities are intended to be consistent with all applicable laws and regulations; where they are not, they aze superseded by those applicable laws and regulations. Specifically, this agreement is not intended to supersede the statutory authority of either Board of Education to select school sites or to build, maintain or repair school facilities or the other governing Boards to approve the amounts to be spent for sites and to determine the funds available for school and county or municipal facilities. This agreement does Gvn,u~,,Sc,~,uii c,i.cuaa. . The Orange County and/or Chapel Hi1UCarrboro Boards of Education will: • Identify appropriate site criteria for public school facilities; and ~~ - • Identify interior and exterior space and exterior site requirements for school facilities; and • After the internaUexternal srzce needs for collocated facilities are determined the planning Process can begL; and • .Recommend school facility priorities, timetables for completion, and related funding needs; and • Determine the most appropriate means of managing the construction, renovation, or repair of public school facilities, within the funding available for these activities; and