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FINANCIAL IMPACT: Based on 10 -year student growth projections, CHCCS has projected capital facility construction needs as follows: New Elementary #12 2020 -2021 New Middle School #5 2020 -2021 Expanded High School 2023 -2024 Based on 10 -year student growth projections, OCS has projected capital facility construction needs as follows: New Elementary # 8 2023 -2024 Expanded High School 2022 -2023 Section 7 of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) states, "Orange County will use its best efforts to provide the funding to carry out the Capital Improvement Plan referenced in Section 1 above." At the January SAPFOTAC meeting, members discussed the increased number of students generated in both districts and proposed multi - family projects that may continue to have an effect on student membership numbers. While this may be a short term trend caused by the current economic climate or other factors, the SAPFOTAC recommended further evaluation of the adopted Student Generation Rates and the impacts different types of housing (and bedroom count implication, if possible) may have on student membership rates. As a result, Orange County has entered into a contract with Tischler -Bise to study student generation rates of newer housing (that has been constructed in the past ten years) in the Orange County and Chapel Hill - Carrboro City School Districts. This study will only include student generation rates and will not include school impact fees. The cost for this study is $14,060. Existing funds from the Orange County Department of Planning and Inspections' 2013 -2014 budget will be utilized to fund the study. Neither Orange County Planning nor non - departmental budgets have added any contractual services monies for re- analysis of school impact fees. The final phase of a 4 -year school impact fee escalation concluded on January 1, 2012 (fee schedule at: http: / /orangecountync.gov /planning /PDFs/ fees /School %20Impact %20Fees.pdf). These fees reflected an approximate 60% recuperation of actual costs to provide for `student stations' based on a 2007 -08 consultant study. The last impact fee level study (which includes the calculation of student generation rates, albeit for all housing stock, which is the legally defensible method for impact fees) was conducted in 2007 so it may be time to initiate another study to ensure up -to -date data is used for both SAPFO purposes and impact fee purposes. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the 2014 SAPFOTAC Annual Report and certify those aspects of the Report detailed in the summary table above.