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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 15, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5- Q <br />~- <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) - Approval and <br />Certification of 2012 Reqort <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. 2012 SAPFOTAC Annual Report Shannon Berry, 245-2589 <br />(UNDER SEPARATE COVER) Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />2. Resolution from Town of Carrboro <br />3. Memorandum from CHCCS <br />4. School Impact Fee Changes <br />(for reference only) <br />PURPOSE: To approve the 2012 Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Technical <br />Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) Report and certify portions of the Report. <br />BACKGROUND: At the December 5, 2011 Board of County Commissioners' meeting, the <br />Board approved the November 15, 2011 actual membership and capacity numbers for both <br />Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). Additional <br />approvals/certifications, as outlined in the table below, are required by the SAPFO partners <br />MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding). <br />At the March 13, 2012 BOCC meeting, the Board received for transmittal the draft 2012 <br />SAPFOTAC Report. The draft report was also posted on the Orange County Planning <br />Department's web site. A letter and the Executive Summary of the report were sent to all <br />SAPFO partners on March 15, 2012 advising them of the availability of the draft Report and <br />inviting comments. Comments were requested for submission by April 17, 2012. <br />The Carrboro Board of Aldermen received the 2012 SAPFOTAC Report at its April 3, 2012 <br />meeting and approved the attached Resolution (see Attachment 2). The Board of Aldermen had <br />no comments on the report. The Hillsborough Town Board received the 2012 SAPFOTAC <br />Report at its April 9, 2012 meeting and offered no comments. The Chapel Hill Town Council <br />received the 2012 SAPFOTAC Report at its April 16, 2012 meeting and had no comments. <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) administration presented the draft SAPFOTAC <br />report to the CHCCS Board of Education at the April 19, 2012 meeting. The Board of Education <br />did not recommend any changes to the report. However, attached is a memorandum from <br />CHCCS administration summarizing the discussion, which includes comments on Pre-K and <br />impacts to school capacity, current student generation rates, and other potential impacts on <br />school capacities (see Attachment 3). <br />