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14 <br /> Attachment 3 <br /> Revised following 8117100 task force meeting and includes Superintendents'comments <br /> Revised <br /> 9/07/00 <br /> ' ct " tulle#o shit funds tetween <br /> rn, w �c f$ Ap Oroval <br /> �itn � r� >anager.,arvkth project <br /> ..♦ }, �r.2 f .'" $'���ou�ty staff <br /> u <br /> 2. Site Standards <br /> In accordance with North Carolina State Statutes, a local board of education cannot <br /> execute a contract nor expend funds to purchase a facility site without the consent of <br /> the local board of county commissioners. As each school system in Orange County <br /> plans for future school-related facilities, it is important that they adhere to the following <br /> guidelines related to the potential acquisition, either by purchase or donation, of a site, <br /> in addition to any siting criteria they may have established internally: <br /> Potential Sites - The Board of Education is to notify the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissioners, in writing, whenever they have tentatively identified a <br /> potential school site for purchase, or if a potential donor indicates interest in <br /> donating a site to the system. The written correspondence should provide the <br /> following information for Commissioner consideration: <br /> • Location, including tax map numbers, of the potential site; <br /> • Opportunities for additional facilities to be co-located as a park site, as <br /> outlined in the "Memorandum of Agreement for Providing Coordinated <br /> Site and Facility Planning"; <br /> • The availability of public utilities at or in close proximity to the site; <br /> • If a donated site: <br /> • Any knowledge of a donor's plans for adjacent <br /> Concern: development; <br /> Ensuring that the <br /> entire Board of • Special considerations or expectations the donor may <br /> Commissioners is have referenced in initial discussions pertaining to the <br /> aware of talks donation; <br /> and potential <br /> sites from the <br /> beginning;avoid Upon receipt of the Board of Education's notification, the <br /> "surprises"in the Commissioners will appoint, by a majority vote of the Board, a <br /> end <br /> Page 2 of 7 <br /> Policy on Planning and Funding School Capital Projects <br />