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6. Request the Town of Chapel Hill to reserve a school site in the proposed Meadowmont <br /> development. <br /> Implementation: Authorize the Chair to send a letter to the Mayor requesting such <br /> reseruation. <br /> SCHOOL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION & UTILIZATION <br /> 7. Request Chapel Hill-Carrboro and Orange County.school systems to consider implementing a <br /> multi-track, year-round school program as an interim measure to reduce classroom size. <br /> Implementation: Authorize the Chair to send a letter to the School Board Chairs <br /> requesting that such a program be considered. <br /> 8. Develop uniform school building construction standards. <br /> Implementation: Appointments have been made to a committee responsible for undertaking <br /> this task. <br /> DESIGNATED PROPERTY TAX FOR SCHOOL FACILITIES <br /> 9. Consider assessing a certain number of cents on the tax rate to meet immediate school capital <br /> needs, beginning with the 1995-96 budget. Funds raised from this designated tax could be used <br /> to acquire school sites, pay for architectural design fees, etc. <br /> Implementation: Consider as part of the FY 1995-96 budget process. <br /> CAPITAL FUNDING OPTIONS <br /> 10. Develop alternatives for funding identified school needs(currently estimated at approximately$61 <br /> million) and criminal justice facility needs (currently estimated at approximately $20-30 million) <br /> during the next ten years. Options that could be considered could range from complete general <br /> obligation bond funding to combinations of bonds and funding from one or more existing(or new) <br /> pay-as-you-go funding sources, such as impact fees, earmarked property taxes or one-cent sales <br /> taxes (authorization pending in the General Assembly). <br /> Implementation: Staff could prepare rough scenarios as early as the April 18 meeting,for <br /> one of the May meetings,and/or for discussion during the 1995-96 budget <br /> deliberations. <br />