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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 6, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4 <br /> SUBJECT: County Update on the Capital Investment Needs for Schools and School Sites <br /> Based on the School Districts Student Enrollment Projections and Schools <br /> Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Manager, Finance and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) N <br /> Administrative Services, <br /> Planning <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager, <br /> A. School Level of Service (LOS), Capacity, 919-245-2300 <br /> Membership, and Membership Increases — Clarence Grier, Assistant County <br /> Department of Public Instruction/SAPFO/ Manager-CFO, Finance and <br /> Pre-K Analysis (Statistics from Annual Administrative Services, 919-245-2453 <br /> Report 2012) Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> 919-245-2592 <br /> B. School District Capital Investment Plan <br /> PURPOSE: To provide an update on the capital investment needs for the Chapel Hill — <br /> Carrboro City Schools District (CHCCS) and Orange County Schools District (OCS) based on <br /> student enrollment projections and the SAPFO Ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: The SAPFO Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and model ordinance <br /> were approved in July 2003. This is an agreement between Orange County and Boards of <br /> Education with implementation coordination with other local governments. The ordinance <br /> includes aspects of ineasuring capacity and membership, methodologies for school <br /> membership projections, capital improvement planning and an implementation program known <br /> as the Certification of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS). <br /> Over the past year, CHCCS and OCS have presented their major future capital needs for future <br /> schools and school sites. CHCCS is currently completing Elementary #11 in the Northside area <br /> of Chapel Hill. The total cost of the project is $21,500,000. Additionally CHCCS has the future <br /> unfunded future capital investment needs: <br />