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(1 of 3) <br /> DRAFT <br /> MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT <br /> FOR PROVIDING COORDINATED SITE AND FACILITY PLANNING <br /> This agreement between the Orange County and/or Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Boards of Education and <br /> the governing Boards of Orange County and/or the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and/or <br /> Hillsborough is intended to establish and implement a coordinated site and facility planning <br /> process for schools and compatible government facilities. The purpose of the coordinated <br /> planning process is to optimize the collocation and use of schools and other public facilities in a <br /> way that builds community, provides public services where they are most needed, assures the <br /> compatibility of collocated services, and efficiently uses public resources. <br /> To further these goals, the Orange County and/or Chapel Hill/ Carrboro Boards of Education and <br /> the governing Boards of Orange County and/or the Towns of Chapel Hill.and/or Carrboro 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 and regulations; where they are not, they are superseded by those applicable laws and regulations.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. <br /> The Orange County and/or Chapel Hill/Carrboro Boards of Education will: <br /> • Identify appropriate site criteria for public school facilities; and <br /> • Identify interior space and exterior site requirements for school facilities; and <br /> • Recommend school facility priorities,timetables for completion, and related funding needs; <br /> and <br /> • Determine the most appropriate means of managing the construction, renovation, or repair of <br /> public school facilities, within the funding available for these activities; and <br /> Assign to the superintendent the responsibility of providing the necessary staffing and other <br /> resources to participate in a joint facility planning process. <br />