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Commissioner Gordan said that this is a proposal to start in a new format some things <br />that the County Commissioners did in the past. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the County Commissioners would not ask the towns for <br />the money. <br />Joal Hall Broun said that her concern is that Carrboro recently passed a moratorium on <br />residential construction. She said that setting aside land for schools has an affect on the <br />municipalities' bottom lines. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that the thrust of the letter is to ask municipal planners to <br />work with the school systems and the County so that the siting is consistent with the desires. <br />Mayor Chilton said that this letter could lead someone with the impression that there has <br />not been a lot of work to date between each of the town governments and the school systems. <br />He said that there has been a good level of communication between these entities. <br />Michael Gering and Eric Hallman left at 90.07 p. m. <br />Mayor Chilton said that ultimately, there is a conflict between the rural buffer and the <br />needs far additional school sites. At some point there will have to be a compromise on the <br />footprint of a school and how much land a school really needs or a compromise on where the <br />rural buffer ends and whether schools can be put there. He said that this conflict is inevitable. <br />He said that there are steps that can be taken now to begin to transition to a more compact <br />school footprint so that it is not such a shock. <br />Dan Coleman said that, if at some paint school sites cannot be identified, then <br />population growth may have to be limited. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that next month there is a joint meeting with the two school <br />boards, and the County Commissioners will be coming forth with school construction standards <br />that directly relate to reduced acreage so that they can be built in a more urbanized setting. <br />Mayor Foy said that a couple of years ago the legislature gave Chapel Hill the authority <br />to designate a property as a school site. He does not know if Orange County, Hillsborough, and <br />Carrboro have this authority, but it would be useful far everyone to have it. He encouraged the <br />County Commissioners and jurisdictions to look into this. <br />With no further items to address, the meeting was adjourned at 10:13 p.m. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Donna S. Baker, CMC <br />Clerk to the Board <br />