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16 1 Paul Laughton said the addition was kept in because it was in the OCS CIP last year. 2 He said this dialogue was continued due to student generation rates. He said the project has 3 been moved back to year 3. 4 Commissioner porosin asked about newer developments that are not being counted. 5 He questioned, coming out of a recession period, how attuned the county is to new 6 developments and how quickly numbers can be revised. 7 Craig Benedict said there are two parts to the SAPFO process- 1. Projections based on 8 historical patterns, and 2. The Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) System, which 9 estimates seats left in a school, and then uses a student generation rate assigned to a 10 development type to gauge it against those seats. He said this is looked at when a 11 development requests certificates of occupancy; and if necessary, the development will be 12 asked to delay a certificate of occupancy to allow time for building the school. He said that 13 spikes are handled very quickly with a technical advisory committee managing adjustments in 14 the CIP. 15 Commissioner porosin said he is encouraged that the science wing will delay the new 16 proposed school, however he feels that there should be a constant awareness of the need to 17 increase capacity. 18 Commissioner Rich noted that Culbreth is not only building a new wing but is also 19 upgrading an older school in a holistic manner. 20 Todd Lofriese said there will not be a complete building renovation but there will be 21 some upgrading as a result of the wing. 22 CHCCS Board Member Greg McElveen asked about debt capacity. He noted that the 23 manager's proposed CIP budget said, in Scenario 2, the debt capacity would be exceeded in 24 year 6. He asked what happens after year 6. 25 Frank Clifton said it is hard to say at this time. He said this wing project is an unfunded 26 project that got into the system and there may be other unfunded projects that enter the system 27 in the coming years. He said there is flexibility there from one year to the next, and the county 28 is in good financial shape. There are just some issues with limits on when debt can be issued. 29 He noted that for the past 4 years, taxes have not been raised, but debt has been issued. 30 Clarence Grier said that in either scenario where the capacity exceeds 15% in year 6, 31 the percentage would likely continue to rise after that. This is because there will likely be issues 32 with bond rating and debt issuance. 33 CHCCS Chair Brownstein asked if the current CIP has the same issues with overage. 34 Frank Clifton said there are proposals to defer projects for a year or two at a time. 35 CHCCS Chair Brownstein asked for clarification on the difference between the color 36 sheets and the white CIP sheets. 37 Frank Clifton said staff was asked to provide the two different scenarios and this was 38 just a response to that request. 39 CHCCS Chair Brownstein said the same problem seems to exist on both sets of papers. 40 CHCCS Chair Brownstein asked where things go from here. 41 Chair Jacobs said this will come back to the Board of County Commissioners for CIP 42 discussions, and then there will be public hearings on the proposed budget. May 9th is the CIP 43 work session and public hearings will be held on May 23�d and May 30tn. 44 Commissioner Price asked when the science wing would open, if it is funded. This was 45 answered, August of 2014. 46 Superintendent Rhodes said there is a need for auxiliary gym at CRHS. 47 OCS Chair Coffey said this is scheduled for 2014. 48 Chair Jacobs said projections are just projections and Orange County is projecting 49 conservatively. He said a similar discussion was held in 2001 regarding a bond referendum 50 proposal.