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of the MOU to it. He said that the concern is that there needs to be some sort of process to reach agreement on the changes. He does not agree that the numbers are going to be constant. Mayor Foy said that in his reading of section D, the clause that says, "The committee shall provide a copy of its recommendation to the governing boards of the other parties of this memorandum at the time that it provides such recommendatian to the Board of Commissioners," what would likely happen in Chapel Hill is that there would be a public hearing. The Tawn Council would then forward its comments to the County Commissioners. He assumes that the County Commissioners would take that into consideration as part of their determination. He thinks that it is important that there be one body making these decisions because they need to be made annually. He agrees that it should be the County Commissioners and he is comfortable with that. Jaal Braun said that she thinks that the language speaks far itself. All boards have to agree initially, and then if any board does not agree in subsequent years, then that board would no longer be included in the agreement. She does not have a problem with this. She thinks that each member of each elected board needs to understand this and have faith that the Board of County Commissioners will make the right decision. She thinks we should move on and implement the SAPFO. Flicka Bateman agreed with Joal Broun. She wants to see this happen expeditiously. Edith Wiggins said that most of the people an elected boards da not have the expertise to work an these figures. The representatives from the schools and the planning directors are able to look at what has happened with the numbers and if they are working. She said that the concepts would not change, only the technical part that makes it work. Jim Ward made reference to the language, "The Commissioners shall inform the parties," and said that it does not sound all that inclusive. However, he is ak that the committee will be providing information to all of the governing boards. He said that it is in everybody's interest that no one body does ar appears to be acting alone, because it would fall apart. Mayor Nelson said that his recommendation is to refer items 5, 6, and 7 back to the Schools and Land Use Council and make a recommendation back to all of the elected bodies. Pat Evans said that it is her understanding that although the communities have grown at about 2%, the school population has grown at 6%. She asked if this means that the projections for children per dwelling unit in new housing will be three times as much as existing housing. Craig Benedict said that the student generation study that was done only took into consideration new development, or development over the last ten years. This ordinance would only be regulating new development. Flicka Bateman asked if it would be possible for a SAPFO to apply to the development in one of the school districts and the municipalities that feed that school district and not the other, if one opted not to da it and the other did. Craig Benedict said that there would be two agreements far Orange County -Orange County/Hillsborough and Orange County School district and Chapel Hill-Carrbora City School district and Orange County. He said that typical Adequate Public Facilities Ordinances are as comprehensive as passible. They can be separated, but it would not be the best situation for either party. Diana McDuffee said that she heard concerns in the newspaper about the service limits at each school level and whether they are set too law in terms of requiring new schools at a faster pace than necessary. She said that she could not remember where we gat those school service levels. She asked Craig Benedict how these levels were determined and how they compared with others around the country. Craig Benedict said that the levels do vary from a low of 105% to a high of 175%. Diana McDuffee pointed out that we were on the extreme low end of levels of service. Craig Benedict said that the median was approximately 115%. He said that each school could have a different level of service. He said that the 105°~ took into consideration a lot of factors (the facilities at the school, etc.). A motion was made by Mayor Nelson, seconded by Commissioner Brown to refer items 5, 6, and 7 back to the Schools and Land Use Council to make a recommendatian back to all of the elected bodies. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 3. Land Use Element-_ Oran a County Comprehensive Plan Commissioner Carey left at 9:22 (not feeling well).