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2 ► <br /> (1 of 4) <br /> DRAFT <br /> MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br /> FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED SITE AND FACILITY PLANNING <br /> This agreement between the Orange County and Chapel Hill/Carrboro Boards of Education and <br /> the governing Boards of Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough <br /> is intended to establish and implement a coordinated site and facility planning process for schools <br /> and compatible government facilities. The purpose of the coordinated planning process is to share <br /> information among the parties to the agreement; optimize the collocation and use of schools and <br /> other public facilities in a way that builds community, provides public services where they are <br /> most needed, assures the compatibility of collocated services, and efficiently uses public <br /> resources. <br /> This agreement recognizes the existence of two school districts -the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School <br /> District and the Orange County School District- and a Schools and Land Use Council for each <br /> district. Decisions on collocation of facilities in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro School District may <br /> involve the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Board of Education and any or all of the following units of local <br /> government: the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and Orange County. Decisions on <br /> collocation of facilities in the Orange County School District may involve the Orange County <br /> Board of Education and one, or both, of the following units of local government: the Town of <br /> Hillsborough and Orange County. Wherever possible, agreement/cooperation across school <br /> district lines shall be pursued. <br /> To further these goals, the Orange County and Chapel HiIU Carrboro Boards of Education and the <br /> governing Boards of Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough do <br /> hereby agree to the following separate and shared responsibilities for coordinated facility planning <br /> to the extent that it does not delay time critical construction of either school or government <br /> facilities. These statements of responsibilities are intended to be consistent with all applicable laws <br /> and regulations;where they are not,they are superseded by those applicable laws and regulations. <br /> Specifically, this agreement is not intended to supersede the statutory authority of either Board of <br /> Education to select school sites or to build, maintain or,repair school facilities or the other <br /> governing Boards to approve the amounts to be spent for sites and to determine the funds available <br /> for school and county or municipal facilities. This agreement does not supersede local <br /> government planning and zoning authority and/or land use planning and zoning requirements. <br /> I. The Orange County and/or Chapel Hill/Carrboro Boards of Education will: <br /> A Identify appropriate site criteria for public school facilities; and <br /> B. Identify interior and exterior space and exterior site requirements for school facilities; and <br /> C. Begin a planning process after the internal/external space needs for collocated facilities are <br /> determined; and <br />