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11 1 Chair Jacobs said that everyone should incorporate the SAP into their thinking of the 2 Greene Tract, and they can have this discussion in their individual joint meetings with the towns. 3 He said that most of the work has been done. 4 Mayor Chilton said that Carrboro is only a 14% stakeholder from a real estate point of 5 view and it is in Chapel Hill's planning jurisdiction. He said that he is optimistic that the 6 conversations in March between Orange County and Chapel Hill will be fruitful. He said that the 7 call from 10 years ago when this was last under discussion was that the affordable housing 8 component of all of this was of particular concern of the Board of Aldermen. He does not see 9 why this would be different today than it was then. He said that the Board of Aldermen remains 10 keenly interested in this. 11 12 4.1 County Update on the Capital Investment Needs for Schools and School Sites 13 Based on the School Districts Student Enrollment Projections and Schools Adequate 14 Public Facilities Ordinance 15 Chair Jacobs said that Superintendent Rhodes from OCS was in attendance. 16 Paul Laughton from Finance and Administrative Services said that Clarence Grier is 17 under the weather tonight, so he was filling in. He said that the County has several capital 18 needs — Emergency Services, expansion of Southern Human Services Center, construction of 19 new jail, and future park development. This item is focused on school capital needs for both 20 systems based on student enrollment projections and the Schools Adequate Public Facilities 21 Ordinance (SAPFO). He made reference to Attachment B, which has a summary of the CIP for 22 schools (blue sheet). 23 Council Member Harrison left at PM. 24 Planning Director Craig Benedict summarized Attachment A (School Level of Service (LOS), 25 Capacity, Membership, and Membership Increases). He explained the level of service figures. 26 Chair Jacobs noted that when the State mandated reduced class sizes it also took away 27 school construction money from the County. He commended Commissioner Gordon for 28 working so hard on SAPFO. 29 Commissioner Gordon said that Attachment A is a snapshot and it gives information 30 showing when schools are needed. She said that if you look at 2012-13 for CHCCS, there is a 31 school needed because the school capacity went over 105%. 32 Council Member Pease said that Chapel Hill Town Council has been shown plans for 33 growth in Chapel Hill. He asked if there was any commonality between all the different bodies 34 that are doing growth projections and if there is any agreement about what growth is going to 35 look like. 36 Craig Benedict said that there have been similar questions about the growth that will 37 occur countywide. The projections are based on history. 38 Mayor Chilton asked when an elementary school would be needed in OCS, based on 39 the model. Craig Benedict said that it would be 2020-21 . However, there is a substantial 40 amount of growth occurring on the Orange County side of Mebane. If these children begin 41 showing up in the schools, this will affect the future projections. 42 Mayor Chilton said that there is a constant demand for new schools in CHCCS and there 43 is a much slower pace of demand for additional schools in OCS. He said that there is a lot of 44 unused space at the middle school level in OCS. 45 Council Member Ward asked about legal challenges to SAPFO and whether there is 46 anything on the horizon from the legislature. 47 Chair Jacobs said that the County has never invoked the CAPS that would prevent 48 development from continuing under SAPFO. 49 Orange County Staff Attorney Jennifer Galassi said that this is something County 50 Attorney John Roberts has spoken to the Board of County Commissioners about. There is a