ORD-2006-041 - Approval of Fiscal Year 2006-07 Budget Ordinance, Capital Project Ordinances, and Grant Project Ordinances

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16 Chair Jacobs asked about the future educational facility and if it was part of the presentation to the Town of Carrboro and Ken Redfoot said that they are presenting 17 acres to the Town of Carrboro, Chair Jacobs suggested that Commissioner Foushee be the County Commissioner to work on this school and the Board agreed. This is at the bottom of page 18. PUBLIC COMMENT: Aaron Nelson, Executive Director of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, spoke about the timing of Elementary #10 and the SAPFO. He said that there have been some comments that the public is being irrational in their concerns that elementary #10 would not be constructed in a timely manner. The schedule appeared to program the school opening in 2009-10. He is kind of disappointed in how the dialogue has gone. He thought that the citizen comments were thoughtful comments rather than irrational. He said that when they informed their membership about how SAPFO is designed to play out, they were concerned. He said that when schools stop issuing CAPS, new residential development that is already approved by municipalities would be denied CAPS. He said that the potential impact in this community would be substantial. Because of their interest in mixed-use development, all of the commercial development has residential components. He said that this is a big issue and has potential to impact big projects. He is concerned that there will be anon-issuance of CAPS if the school is not opened in 2008-09. A motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by Chair Jacobs to approve the County and School Capital Project Ordinances for fiscal year 2006-07 that require action before June 30, 2006. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b. Consideration of a Resolution on District Elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a November 2006 Referendum The Board considered approval of a Resolution on district elections for the Board of County Commissioners for a November 2006 referendum based on Board consideration of district elections since January 2005; and provided any comments, questions, and any further direction to staff. Chair Jacobs said that the Board has already decided how many members will be on the Board of .County Commissioners, there will be seven members. Geof Gledhill said that where they left this in April was approval of a combination district/at-large plan identified as proposal B. It is aseven-member plan, with one member from a rural part of the County and two members from Chapel Hill Township. Proposal B is a combination district and at-large system that does not conform to the requirements of the North Carolina General Statutes for combination district and at-large systems. He apologized to the Board an_d the citizens because this was an error on his part for not making sure that the proposal conformed to the statutes. Now they have proposal D, which is aseven-member Board and combines district and at-large seats. There will be three members from District One (D1), which includes Chapel Hill Township south of the CHCCS boundary then along Eubanks Road, to Martin Luther King Boulevard, up MLK Boulevard to I-40 and from there to the Durham County line, it follows I-40. Most of the area that is north of that boundary is located in either the rural buffer, Hillsborough, or the rural part of the County. District Two (D2) would have two members and would include the rest of the county. There would also be two members elected at-large.