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The Board considered adoption of the revised Schools Adequate Public Facilities <br />Memoranda of Understandings (MOU's) and ordinance. Two MOU agreements are attached - <br />one pertaining to the Chapel Hill -Carrbora School District (CHCSD), and one pertaining to the <br />Orange County School District (OCSD}. <br />Craig Benedict said that tonight's purpose is to approve the MOU for both school <br />districts and also to approve the Subdivision and Zoning Ordinances within Orange County. <br />The Board approved a version of this last December and since then there have been two <br />primary changes to it. One of them had to do with suspending the certificate of adequate public <br />schools for the CHCCS high school and the OCS middle school, and to clarify the difference <br />between the projections used within the SAPFO program. The last change was to make sure <br />the certification process is updated. He then reviewed when each party had voted or will vote <br />on this item. <br />Regarding the Administration's recommendation, they did not set a date when <br />ordinances were to take effect in Orange County. The County Attorney provided a letter in the <br />agenda package that explains his position on this. <br />Geof Gledhill said that the effective date of the ordinance should be when all of <br />the governments involved in SAPFO sign off on the MOU. He referred to his letter. The reason <br />is because SAPFO is a cutting edge thing in the state and he foresees problems for Orange <br />County when one school system is operating under this and one is not. He recommends <br />implementing the SAPFO in both school districts at the same time. <br />Commissioner Jacobs asked about the actions of the governments that have <br />voted. Craig Benedict said that both Chapel Hill and Carrboro approved the SAPFO. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she went over the ordinance and that there were <br />a couple of versions of this for approval. She was concerned in the transformation that a couple <br />of things slipped -the definition of membership and building capacity and the ability of the <br />County Commissioners to look at the calculations and certify. She asked which versions were <br />approved. Craig Benedict said that the CHCCS had the first version when they approved it and <br />he has sent them one with corrections, which were minor. <br />Geof Gledhill said that Chapel Hill and Carrbora adopted the revised versions. <br />The CHCCS Board will have to see it again. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Chair Brown to <br />approve the respective Memoranda of Understanding for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School <br />District and Orange County School District and adopt the ordinance necessary to implement <br />Schools APFO with an effective date as the Board decides. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Cammissianer Gordon, seconded by Cammissianer <br />Jacobs (if the County Attorney finds if consistent with his recommendation) to make the effective <br />date August 15tH <br />Geof Gledhill does not find that date consistent with his recommendation. <br />The motion failed. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Carey, seconded by Commissioner <br />Halkiotis to make the effective date at which all of the jurisdictions and parties have approved it. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />d. Legal Advertisement for August 25, 2003 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />The Board considered authorization to submit the Quarterly Public Hearing Legal <br />Advertisement for publication for the August 25, 2003 quarterly public hearing. <br />Craig Benedict explained the two primary issues in the abstract - a special use <br />process and creating overlay districts and the Buckhorn EDD. On August 19th, prior to the <br />