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� 105 The group focused on finding elementary school sites for elementary num.ber 11 and 12 as both are need ed in a 10-year window.The need for upper grade sites was also reviewed. Middle school number 5 is already sited at the Morris GrovelTwin Creek site and additional high school capacity will be added at Cazrboro Hi�h Schoal,thus the search focused on elementary sites. � . The group was charged with the task of idenfafying any p�tential school site that shou.ld be reviewed further for consideration.The parameters for fihe search included.the following: • A minimum of seven acres � • Slopes less than 15% • Within the Urban Services Boun.dary . • Not in the watershed . Not in the Rural Buffer • Mana.geable Resource Conservation Districts Combina.tion of different parcels to meet the parcel requirements was allowed.and if structures elcisted on the site,their value was considered. The group developed a list of potential sites that was then reseazched further to provide additional informa.tion for consideration. This informatian included the following: • Accessibility to utilities • More highly delineated Resovrce Conservation Disfricts • Proximity to existing schools • Potential land acquisition costs At the end of that review, several azeas for potential sites were develaped.. Those azeas identified were the following: , • Eubanks and Martin Luther King Blvd • Homestead Road and Seawell School Road • I-40 corridor,including Erwin Road • Greene Tract � • Cazolina North � • OId Highway 86 ` • M� Carmel�toad This information was then shazed with the entire Long R.ange Facilities Committee starting in December 7, 2007 and concluding with their March 31,2008 meeti.ng.Additiorial input was solicited from The Rogers Road Task Force and other governmen.tal bodies within the county. The map on the ne�page illu.strates the general location of the sites reviewed.Please note that specific locations are not provided.for sites not under current consideration but areas aze �provided to infarni the Board of the wide range of sites explored. Three sites ha.ve been iden.tified.for further review and a fourth site is still being researched, The fourth site is privately owned and conversations with the owner will be underta.ken by the County. That site is not a fust or second site choice but would be considered for land ban�ng if funding is available. C:•1Documents and Settings�Administrator�Desktop\04172008Board.Agenda.\Site 2 Selection absiractdoc �