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Chair Halkiotis asked the Commissioners to get any items for the agenda on September 24tH <br />to John Link for the joint meeting with the two school systems. <br />Commissioner Gordon feels that the biggest difference in the facilities is within the school <br />systems and not between the school systems. Both systems have older facilities and newer <br />facilities, and the big difference is between older schools and newer schools, regardless of district. <br />She would like to do something substantial for the renovations of the older schools. She said that <br />she is really disappointed that the $2 million is not going on the bond for land andlor planning for <br />the third CHCCS high school. <br />RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR FACILITY <br />PLANNING FOR PROJECTED HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has shown an historic and ongoing <br />commitment to meeting the school needs of all the children of Orange County, including opening <br />three new schools within the past three years, with a fourth set to open in 2002; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners appreciates the recognition by citizens <br />and school boards of that ongoing commitment; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners is mindful of the concerns expressed by <br />members of the public and by members of both the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board and <br />the Orange County School Board regarding the timely provision of facilities; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2001 Orange County Capital Needs Task Force, while recommending more <br />projects than the Board of County Commissioners deemed prudent to include in the November <br />2001 bond package, did recommend inclusion of funds to initiate planning for a third high school in <br />the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools system; and <br />WHEREAS, projections vary as to the immediacy of the need for such a high school; and <br />WHEREAS, discussions have yet to be undertaken, let along consummated, regarding the size <br />and location of appropriate site for such a school; and <br />WHEREAS, the County already has purchased property for a co-located park and multi-school <br />complex, and has begun collaborative planning with the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools staff <br />regarding that site; and <br />WHEREAS, the scope and program orientation of a new high school have Hat adequately been <br />determined, nor have alternative approaches to addressing short-term high school needs been <br />adequately explored; and <br />WHEREAS, it is imperative that, prior to funding any new capital facilities, there is clear <br />acceptance by both school systems of the "Orange County Policy on Planning and Funding School <br />Capital Projects"; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North <br />Carolina that: <br />1. The Board hereby makes a determination to include planning to meet high school <br />capacity needs as a project for alternative financing. <br />2. The funding commitment for high school capacity will encompass borrowing $2,000,000 <br />from alternative sources over the four years in which the November 2001 bond monies, <br />