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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 151h, 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 />