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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT 0001 <br /> Meeting Date: May 28, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C_ <br /> SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> • List of Amendment Areas and Craig N. Benedict, AICP, <br /> concerns since November, 2000. Planning Director, Ext. 2592 <br /> • The 11/14/01 SLUC recommended TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> version of the MOU and Ordinance Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> distributed on 2118102 to all parties to Chapel Hill 968-4601 <br /> the agreement Durham 688-7331 <br /> • Probable School APFO Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> Implementation Flowchart <br /> PURPOSE: To receive public input during the Quarterly Public Hearing of the May 28, <br /> 2002 meeting regarding the School Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Memorandum <br /> of Understanding (MOU). Please note, this hearing does not constitute the <br /> process of adoption of the actual land development code regulation. That process <br /> will occur this fall. <br /> BACKGROUND: The original public hearing on this item was November 27, 2000. <br /> A summary of the item proposed for public hearing is provided. Staff is available to <br /> research and answer questions prior to the public hearing. <br /> Purpose: To conduct a second public hearing on the Schools Adequate <br /> Public Facilities Ordinance Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and <br /> ordinance to address modifications suggested through previous public <br /> hearings, Schools and Land Use Councils (SLUC), attorney, and <br /> administration comments. The revisions specifically address the timing of <br /> issuance of a school Certificate of Adequate Public Facilities (CAPS) to <br /> new development and a process for annual reevaluation and update to <br /> the technical school capacity/membership formula. A few other matters <br /> were addressed in the proposed MOU and are noted in the attachment. <br /> Residential growth has increased sharply in Orange County over the past <br /> decade, in large part due to the well-known quality of the public schools in <br /> the county. Concern has been expressed by elected officials that <br /> overcrowding in the schools could jeopardize the quality education that is <br /> a linchpin of the quality of life in Orange County. In 1999, a joint <br /> g:traig%abstractsWlay 28,2002 Public Hearing Legal Ad Abstract.do66-21-02\c1 <br />