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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -d <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance —Approval and Certification of <br />2015 Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. 2015 SAPFOTAC Annual Report <br />2. 11x17 Copies of Student Projection Charts <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) NO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Ashley Moncado, 919 - 245 -2589 <br />Craig Benedict, 919 - 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To approve and certify the 2015 Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />Technical Advisory Committee ( SAPFOTAC) Report and certify portions of the Report. <br />BACKGROUND: At the December 1, 2014 Board of County Commissioners' meeting, the <br />Board approved the November 14, 2014 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 17, 2015 BOCC meeting, the Board received for transmittal the draft 2015 <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 18, 2015 advising them of the availability of the draft Report and <br />inviting comments. Comments were requested for submission by April 18, 2015. <br />Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools ( CHCCS) administration presented the draft 2015 <br />SAPFOTAC report to the CHCCS Board of Education at its April 9, 2015 meeting. The Chapel <br />Hill Town Council and Hillsborough Board of Commissioners received the draft 2015 <br />SAPFOTAC Report at their April 13, 2015 meetings. The Carrboro Board of Aldermen received <br />the draft SAPFOTAC Report at its April 7, 2015 meeting. No comments were received from the <br />SAPFO partners. <br />New School Needs vs. Capacity Renovations <br />Currently, SAPFO student projections illustrate when the adopted level of service capacities are <br />forecasted to be met and /or exceeded in anticipation of Capital Investment Plan (CIP) planning <br />and the construction of a new school. However, as is being identified by both school districts, a <br />new trend is emerging to renovate and expand existing facilities to address school capacity <br />needs in a more feasible way. As this trend continues, additional capacity resulting from school <br />renovations and expansions will be added to the projection models in stages, once approved, <br />