ORD-2004-008 - Budget Amendment #9

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be available for additional high school space through the 2007 -08 planning period for the issuance of bonds and alternative financing. This total will need to accommodate any site acquisition, construction, or ancillary expenditures (e.g. mobile classrooms) for high school space that are not covered by CHCCS pay - as- you -go capital funding. We acknowledge the extremely tight timeframe involved in a proposed opening of a third high school for the 2005 -06 academic year, and that such a target will be difficult if not impossible to achieve. 2. We recognize that CHCCS did not submit a formal request that the Chapel Hill Urban Services Boundary be moved. Therefore we decided not to take a formal position on such a request at our November 6 meeting. We did attempt to communicate the pitfalls of such an action and the delays that would result. We also commended the issue of water /sewer and urban service boundaries to the School Facilities Task Force for incorporation into school construction /siting standards. 3. We do not anticipate that there will be additional capital funds available to deal with a potential Lincoln Center remodeling /expansion before 2007 -08. However, assuming the construction of a new 1000 student high school in CHCCS before then, there should be time for our two boards to consider possible timing and sources of additional capital funds beyond that point. 4. The BOCC will work with the school board to develop plans for a new central office facility consistent with the procedures laid out in the November 2000 "Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects ". 5. The BOCC agrees that the reallocation of 2001 bond funds from Elementary #10 to High School #3 requires the commitment of the BOCC to approve alternative financing for Elementary #10 in a manner that allows for timely construction of that facility at the Old 86 /Eubanks Road site. That timing will be determined based on the working of student projection models that will be updated and monitored annually through the SAPFO process. In the interest of keeping faith with voters who understood that the November 2001 bond referendum included funding for two new elementary schools, any formal action to reallocate 2001 bond proceeds to High School #3 should come after a public hearing is conducted on the matter. Possible sources to pay the debt service on Elementary #10 include impact fees, CHCCS PAYG funds, CHCCS district tax proceeds,. Countywide ad valorem tax proceeds, or some combination of these mechanisms. County Commissioners must be fully engaged in any discussions that may ensue about class size reduction (whether generated locally or at the State level), as we will bear the financial responsibility for the capital facility implications that would be forthcoming from any such reductions.