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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 11, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. (o ~ C, <br />SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (Schools APFO) -Approval of <br />Membership and Capacity Numbers <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Planning/Budget/ PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />School Districts: <br />School APFO Capacity Calculation and <br />Change Request Form (includes student <br />membership) for Elementary, Middle, <br />and High School Levels (6 pages total) <br />2. Chart depicting LOS, Capacity, <br />Membership, and Membership <br />Increases <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />Donna Coffey, 245-2151 <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />Perdita Holtz, 245-2611 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of November 15, 2007 membership and capacity numbers <br />for both school districts (Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools) which will be <br />used in developing 10-year student membership projections and the 2008 SAPFO Technical <br />Advisory Committee (SAPFOTAC) Report. <br />BACKGROUND: In accordance with the Schools APFO MOUs (Memorandum of <br />Understanding), the Board of County Commissioners shall approve the School Districts <br />November 15 membership and capacity numbers within fifteen (15) days after receiving the <br />numbers from the School Districts. Both School Districts submitted their membership and <br />capacity numbers in accordance with the MOUs. <br />The SAPFOTAC, comprised of representatives of both school systems and the Planning <br />Directors of the County and Towns, is tasked to produce an annual report for the governing <br />boards of each Schools APFO partner. The full annual SAPFOTAC report, which will include <br />10-Year student membership projections, will be completed in early 2008. <br />The building capacities used this year are unchanged from the capacities approved last year <br />except for the addition of 800 seats at the High School level in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City <br />Schools (CHCCS) due to the opening of Carrboro High School in August 2007. <br />As the chart in Attachment 2 shows, student membership growth at the Elementary level in <br />CHCCS has pushed the Actual Level of Service (LOS) over the MOU allowable limit of 105%. <br />