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~*` 3 OP-ANGE COL:T1~ Financier/ services Department 200 South Cameron Street_ Tel: 919-245-2453 Post Office Box 8181 Fax: 919 6443324 Hillsborough,_NC 27278 l~lemo To: Chair and Board of County Commissioners -Orange County Mayor-and Board of Alderman -Town of Carrboro From: Frank Clifton, County Manager- Orange County Clarence G. Grier, -Financial Services Director -Orange County Craig-Benedict, Planning Director -Orange County Date: October 4, 2011 Subject:. Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools Elementary #11 Due the potential overcrowding and recent projected increases in K-5 enrollment in Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS), the school system proposed the building -of Elementary #11 in the Town of Chapel HiIL Due to the Schools Adequate Public Facia-ities Ordinance {SAPFO) guidelines and budgetary funding constraints, the building of the school has been scheduled as noted below. Recently, CHCCS projected an increase in students the first 1D days of the school year, and projects that future enrollment for the system will exceed the SAPFO limit; however, the SAPfO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) will provide the ordinance related projections after November 15 enrollment_numbers. The County Manager proposed and the Board of County Commissioners approved in the 2011 - 2016 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) the fnancing and funding of Elementary #11. Additionally an additional $664,000 was reserved in the County's General Fund Balance to fund any additional deconstruction costs of the existing building on the property. The County CIP also includes full funding ~f Elementary School #11 in FY 2012-13 when a majority of the construction for the new school will be completed. The current project schedule plans for the school to open in the August 2013. This matches the current (i.e. 2011 SAPFO TAC Report) school needs timeline.