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' 1 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No -A ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1996 SUBJECT: North Carolina School Capital Construction Study Commission Survey - Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Identified Needs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO x ------------------------------- BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED YES NO x -------------------------------- ------------------------------- ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT CHCCS Survey Rod Visser, ext 2300 OCS Survey TELEPHONE NUMBER Proposed Transmittal Letter Hillsborough 732-8181 (all under separate cover) Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane 227-2031 Durham 688-7331 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- PURPOSE: To review the surveys prepared by the Orange County Schools and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for the NC School Capital Construction Study Commission. BACKGROUND: In 1995, the General Assembly created the School Capital Construction Study Commission to survey the capital needs of school systems across the State. The Commission is charged to identify needs, develop criteria for ranking identified needs, examine the respective roles of the State and counties in meeting those needs, and developing a long-term plan for funding identified needs in an equitable and adequate manner. The Commission is to report to the General Assembly by April 15, 1996 . Each local school board is required to submit a survey of its ten year capital needs to the board of county commissioners for approval or disapproval . If a board disapproves the list, it must submit its own list along with the one prepared by the board of education. The Orange County Schools and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools have completed their surveys, which are included under separate cover as attachments to this abstract . County staff have not had the opportunity to fully analyze and critique the lists of capital needs expressed .by the two school systems . That level of review will occur in the coming weeks as the Mana'ger' s Recommended Capital Improvement Plan for 1996-2006 is developed for consideration by the Board of Commissioners this Spring. It is important to note that the costs of new facilities cited in the surveys were derived from calculations made by the Department of Public Instruction using cost parameters applied statewide, and do not reflect locally generated cost estimates .