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i <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No —MX--Q- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 14, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: School Construction Standards <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT County Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> School Profiles w/Estimated Costs Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Sally Kost, ext 2152 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report, with recommendations, from the School <br /> Construction Standards Work Group. <br /> BACKGROUND: In the Spring of 1995, the Board of Commissioners and the <br /> two Boards of Education formed a work group to develop recommendations <br /> to the Board of County Commissioners concerning standards that should <br /> be the basis for construction of all new school space that will be <br /> required in Orange County in coming years . <br /> The Manager suggests that the Commissioners receive the work group <br /> report as information at this time. Both school boards have reviewed <br /> these recommendations in early May, and their comments will be provided <br /> to the Board of Commissioners as they become available so that the <br /> Board can consider the views of the Boards of Education in adopting <br /> school construction standards. Adoption of the standards by mid-May is <br /> important so that they can be used as the basis for revisions to the <br /> County' s School Impact Fee technical report . Planning Director Marvin <br /> Collins will present a revised technical report as part of the May 28 <br /> quarterly public hearing. The public hearing is a necessary step in <br /> any changes to the existing impact fee schedule that the Board may wish <br /> to consider for FY 1996-97 . <br /> The entire work group report was distributed previously with the May 1, <br /> 1996 agenda. For ease of reference, accompanying this abstract are <br /> summaries of elementary and middle school standard profiles, and their <br /> associated estimated costs . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report as information, with a decision on school construction standards <br /> to be made by May 16, 1996 . <br />