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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 8, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -g <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance —Approval and Certification of <br />2014 Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Comments from Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Ashley Moncado, 919 - 245 -2589 <br />Schools Perdita Holtz, 919 - 245 -2578 <br />2. Comments from Town of Chapel Hill Craig Benedict, 919 - 245 -2592 <br />3. Town of Carrboro Resolution <br />Under Separate Cover <br />4. 2014 SAPFOTAC Annual Report <br />5. 11x17 Copies of Student Projection Charts <br />PURPOSE: To approve and certify the 2014 Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />Technical Advisory Committee ( SAPFOTAC) Report and certify portions of the Report. <br />BACKGROUND: At the December 2, 2013 Board of County Commissioners' meeting, the <br />Board approved the November 15, 2013 actual membership and capacity numbers for both <br />Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools ( CHCCS). Additional <br />approvals /certifications, as outlined in the table below, are required by the SAPFO partners <br />MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding). <br />At the March 18, 2014 BOCC meeting, the Board received for transmittal the draft 2014 <br />SAPFOTAC Report. The draft report was also posted on the Orange County Planning <br />Department's web site. A letter and the Executive Summary of the report were sent to all <br />SAPFO partners on March 19, 2014 advising them of the availability of the draft Report and <br />inviting comments. Comments were requested for submission by April 21, 2014. <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools ( CHCCS) administration presented the draft 2014 <br />SAPFOTAC report to the CHCCS Board of Education at the April 10, 2014 meeting. The Board <br />of Education did not recommend any changes to the report. However, Attachment 1 contains a <br />memorandum from CHCCS administration summarizing their discussion which includes <br />comments on the district's Facilities Study, Pre -K and impacts to school capacity, and student <br />generation rates. No comments were received from OCS. <br />The Chapel Hill Town Council received the draft 2014 SAPFOTAC Report at its April 9, 2014 <br />meeting. The council did not recommend any changes to the report. However, Attachment 2 <br />contains a memorandum from the Chapel Hill Planning Department summarizing the Town <br />Council's discussion and comments. The Hillsborough Town Board received the draft <br />