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Draft of Process <br />{Currently Under Development) <br />1. Determine Need for Additional School(s) <br />^ Annual Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Technical Advisory Committee <br />{SAPFOTAC} Report <br />^ Statistical methods used to project student enrollment out 10 years and identify future <br />needs <br />^ Report is forwarded to Towns for information purposes, County, and School Districts for <br />CIP {Capital Investment Plan} planning <br />2. Technical Group Meets <br />^ Determines general geographic location in which new school or schools need to be <br />located using information about: <br />• potential high growth areas <br />• high over capacity situations <br />• interest in reducing bus/studentlparent vehicle miles using Smart Growth Principles <br />• opportunity far land banking <br />3. Smart Growth Principles <br />^ Location of Urban Service Boundaries <br />^ Sufficient infrastructure {water, sewer, roads} availability? <br />^ Land Use Compatibility <br />^ Presence of environmentally sensitive resources? <br />^ Co-location and/or Mixed Use opportunities? <br />^ Walkable/Pedestrian-Bike Friendly? <br />^ Transportation considerations <br />^ Community participation in siting process (general area} <br />^ Sharing Academic Resources <br />^ "Green" Buildings <br />^ Value Engineering <br />4. Practical Siting Considerations <br />^ Where is sufficient contiguous undeveloped acreage available in geographic area under <br />consideration? <br />^ Use GIS technology to determine potential sites <br />5. School District Meets with Towns and County <br />^ Discuss feasibility/location <br />^ Discuss co-location opportunities <br />^ Possible ad hoc committee review <br />^ BOCC liaison <br />^ Coordination and Communication <br />6. Procurement of the property designated for the new school <br />7. Smart Growth Design Considerations <br />^ Site Principles <br />• Environmental considerations <br />• Public Transit considerations <br />