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• Familiarize itself with long range school capital funding policies as <br />adopted by the Board of Commissioners <br />• Familiarize itself with the Lands Legacy Program and future <br />recommendations and plans <br />• Confirm the need for, and timing of, new school construction <br />projects, considering current and projected student populations <br />• Provide recommendations on the possible elements of a <br />November 2016 bond referendum with the items listed in order of <br />importance from most important to less important <br />• Provide recommended sizes and estimated costs for each bond <br />referendum element recommended by the Task Force as well as <br />any portion of the costs shared by the proposing /recommending <br />entities <br />• Ensure that each recommended element complies with the <br />appropriate adopted policies of Orange County for Joint Capital <br />Facilities Development, the Orange County Debt Management <br />Policy, and the Orange County Capital Funding Policy as well as <br />all other relevant adopted policies of the County <br />• Ensure that all elements are accessible to and serve residents <br />throughout Orange County <br />• Complete its work by October 2015 <br />The Board of Commissioners will consider creation of the Capital <br />Needs Advisory Task Force in February /March 2015. The Board will <br />consider appointment of Task Force members at regular Board <br />meetings in April and possibly May 2015. This will permit the Task <br />Force to hold its initial meeting in May and provide adequate time for <br />the meetings that may be necessary for the Task Force to complete <br />its work by October 2015. <br />A suggested composition of the Task Force is: two members <br />nominated by the Orange County Schools Board of Education, two <br />members nominated by the Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools Board <br />