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7 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />48 <br />49 <br />50 <br />51 <br />ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLEMENTATION: <br />oA Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) computer program <br />oTrack existing membership and capacity <br />oTest for and log new development impacts against capacity levels <br />oLocal governments approve feasibility <br />OBOE staff confirms adequate capacity <br />oCAPS certificate given to local government for final approval <br />UNIQUE AND INTERIM CONDITION: <br />Olnitialization: one school level in each school district was over the rated level of service <br />OBoth schools programmed in the CIP <br />OCAPS system starts <br />OSuspended the adequacy tests until the new schools came on line <br />FOUR ELEMENTS OF A SAPFO PROGRAM <br />- Comprehensive Plan (public facilities planning) <br />- Capital Improvement Program and Budget (finance) <br />- Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (regulation) <br />- CAPS Management System (administrative) <br />SIMPLE PROCESS <br />oNovember 15 -receive actual numbers <br />oBOCC accepts new numbers and restarts annual CAPS program <br />oPlanners, Schools Technical Advisory Committee (PSTAC) develops report including <br />new student projections (December, January) <br />oUsed in budget process <br />(December -March) <br />oReport distributed to parties for comment and adopted by BOCC in Spring <br />Craig Benedict said that there has not been a need in Orange County to defer <br />development because of the SAPFO, but it has been very close. Commissioner Nelson <br />asked about the process of having to defer development and Craig Benedict went <br />through this. On November 15th, the school districts will provide actual student <br />membership. If at that time, the actual numbers exceed the level of service capacity <br />numbers in the annual reports, there will be no capacity for developments to come <br />forward for approval. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked about the effect on building capacity of the State <br />changing the class size. Craig Benedict said that the State changed it a few years ago, <br />and these numbers were not instantly put in the SAPFO. When the numbers were put <br />into effect, it absorbed a lot of the capacity that was created by a new school. <br />Superintendent Pedersen said that this year the original State budget had class size <br />increasing, but the Governor's approved budget did not raise class sizes, but it <br />mandated that class sizes in K-3 remain the same. <br />Lisa Stuckey asked Craig Benedict about development projects in the pipeline <br />and Craig Benedict said that there are not any large ones in either school district. There <br />is more redevelopment in Chapel Hill. There is still some debate about mixed-use and <br />purely residential development and when the SAPFO applies. <br />Debbie Piscitelli asked about the growth rate in each school district over the last <br />six years and also the County's growth rate in the last six years. <br />