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facilities," that the County should be included. This statement is specifically on page 12 of agenda abstract #1. She just wants to make sure that the County is represented. She feels that it is very important to have a County representative if the County is considering a joint park to be developed from the monies set aside for joint park planning. John Link feels that the County would be included in any undertaking. It was decided that the intent was clear. The wording will be worked out and added to include the County Commissioners. The next step is that the County Commissioners will discuss, make same decisions, and ask the other jurisdictions to make comments and provide input on the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance. John Link commended everyone who had a part in developing the ordinance. He said that it was one of the best ones that he had ever seen. He thinks it will be very understandable for elected officials, developers, and the public. He urged everyone to read the ordinance very carefully. Bob Bateman said that he has been to a couple of public hearings on the ordinance and some concerns have been identified and he asked if the concerns would be addressed. Two of the concerns are district representation and school merger. He was talking about Shaping Orange County's Future and not this item. Roger Walden came in at this point at 9:45 p.m. 2. Issues IdentifiedlPresented by Orange County Schools a. Need far a new middle school Superintendent Randy Bridges said that both of their middle schools were over capacity. There are mobile units at both of the middle schools. He feels that growth will come to northern Orange County. He said that they were driven in northern Orange County by the availability of water and sewer. He said that he would like to see the middle school in Efland but there are questions about water and sewer. There will be water and sewer at Pathways but some additional property would need to be acquired. b. Funding for the schoollsite c. Other topics (time permitting) Regarding impact fees, Randy Bridges said that they were waiting on the process that Planning Director Craig Benedict was going through on a study of impact fees, and as soon as that is finished the Orange County School Board will be coming forward with a request. John Link said that the intent was to have this item go to public hearing on November 27th Keith Cook said that the school board was anxious to move the process of the impact fee study along. Randy Bridges said that they talked about shared facilities at the new high school and they are still open to discussing that possibility. 3. Issues IdentifiedlPresented by Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools a. Immediate need for funding far 9 Elementary School Nick Didow said that there were design and location issues for Elementary School #9. He said that, from the start of this project, they have indicated an upgrade of the multi-purpose room to the equivalent of a gym for community use. They would like to have that considered by the appropriate bodies from the beginning of the project for Elementary School #9. b. Purchase of future school sites and availability of funds for such purposes Nick Didow said that this pertains to their discussion to aggressively pursue school sites far 10-15 years out. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board report identifies several potential sites and the board has not pursued purchase or submitted a request to the County Commissioners, but they are inclined to do that. Commissioner Gordon said that the Schools and Land Use Council did receive a report on potential sites.