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Jason Doll said that he has been doing these assessments with the EEP for four years, and the <br />funding sources are the easy part. The hard part is landowner willingness to participate. <br />4. Identification of School Site Locations with Towns (Orange County Planning and <br />Towns] <br />Planning Director Craig Benedict said that he was speaking on behalf of a staff group made up <br />of representatives from both school districts and the Towns of Hillsborough, Carrboro, and <br />Chapel Hill. He said that they have not identified any new school sites in the towns, but they are <br />talking about the process. <br />Presented By: Craig Benedict, AICP, Orange County Planning Director, on behalf of the Smart <br />School Siting Staff Workgroup <br />Smart Growth and School Siting <br />^ Informal "Smart Growth and Schools" staff workarout~ started this year <br />^ AOG discussion in 2003 and 2004 <br />^ Planning Directors of Orange Caunty, Chapel Hill, Carrbora, and Hillsborough <br />^ Superintendent of Orange County Schools <br />^ Representative of the Chapel Hill -Carrboro City Schools Superintendent's office <br />Smart Growth and School Siting <br />^ Formalizing a process for new school site selection <br />^ Better integrate land use issues and school siting with the principles of "Smart Growth." <br />^ Consider revisions to Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects adopted on <br />11/21/00 <br />• Provisions for donated sites <br />(see next page for conclusion of presentation) <br />