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Attachment 3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT 5 <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Memo <br />to: Board of County Commissioners <br />Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager <br />From: Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Planning Director <br />Shannon Berry, AICP, Special Projects Planner <br />oats: May 6, 2010 <br />Re: Response to Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools Memorandum dated April 1, 2010 <br />On April 1, 2010- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) sent a memo to Craig <br />Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, providing the comments and concerns of the <br />CHCCS Board of Education with regard to 2010 Annual SAPFOTAC Report. The Board did <br />not have any recommended edits to the plan. However, they did have some concerns <br />regarding the projected need of Elementary School #11 and the timeliness of the <br />incorporation of the updated Student Generation Rates approved late last year. Below is <br />staff's response to the memo. <br />CHCCS Elementary School #11- <br />The Board of Education expressed concem about the projected need for Elementary School <br />#11 with the 2012-13 school year and the time frame associated with completing the <br />development of the school. In addition, the Board expressed concern regarding the denial <br />of CAPS (Cert~cates of Adequate Public Schools) requests should enrollment numbers <br />continue to increase and additional school capacity is not available. <br />Staff notes that the SAPFO anticipates the timing of both new residential development and <br />the timing of new schools may need to be adjusted to comport to a financially feasible <br />Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Therein, residential development may be deferred until the <br />timing and opening of new capacity can be achieved. This is the premise of synchronizing, <br />to the best of the County's fiscal abilities, both student projections and school construction. <br />New residential development. in the CHCCS School District may be affected by school <br />capacity in coming years. Increases in enrollment will be accounted for when the CAPS <br />system is updated each November with the actual membership data provided by the District <br />(continued) <br />~~s°4E ` ~obQrp <br />Administration 131 W. Margaret Lane <br />(919) 245-2575 u ~ Suite 201 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) P O Box 8181 <br />www.co.orange.nc.us ~'`'4 Ea=a`'~~ Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />