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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 2, 1996 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Charge to Capital Needs Advisory Committee <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N ) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/NS) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> None Rod Visser,Assistant County Manager <br /> ext. 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the structure of, and charge to, a Capital Needs Advisory Committee. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners has indicated its intention to appoint a Capital <br /> Needs Advisory Committee to review school and County capital needs and provide advice to the <br /> Board concerning the composition of a proposed November 1997 Orange County bond referendum. <br /> At the November 19, 1996 meeting,the Board directed staff to draft a proposed charge to this <br /> Capital Needs Advisory Committee and bring it to the Board for consideration at the December 2, <br /> 1996 meeting. The approved charge would be publicized to assist citizens in determining whether <br /> they wish to apply to serve on this committee. <br /> Staff suggests the Board consider the following elements of a proposed charge to the Committee: <br /> • review the needs for new schools in the 10 year Capital Improvement Plan(CIP), as identified <br /> by the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> • review the capital needs identified by County departments in requests submitted for the 1997- <br /> 2007 CIP <br /> • familiarize itself with the current long-range school capital funding plan approved by the Board <br /> of Commissioners at the October 15, 1996 meeting <br /> • confirm the need for, and timing of, new school construction projects, considering current and <br /> projected student populations <br />