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2 <br /> Orange County Schools (OCS) administration presented the draft report to the OCS Board of <br /> Education on February 18, 2016. The Board did not recommend any changes to the <br /> report. Attachment 2 contains comments received from OCS administration regarding student <br /> generation rates, live birth rates, the Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) system, and <br /> levels of service. Planning staff's response to these comments can be found in Attachment 3. <br /> The Carrboro Board of Aldermen received the draft SAPFOTAC Report at its April 19, 2016 <br /> meeting and passed the Resolution contained in Attachment 4. The Chapel Hill Town Council <br /> received the draft SAPFOTAC Report at its April 11, 2016 Town Council meeting. Attachment 5 <br /> contains an e-mail from the Chapel Hill Planning Department summarizing the discussion and <br /> comments. The Town of Hillsborough received the draft report at its May 9, 2016 Town Board <br /> meeting. <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 CIP planning and the construction of a <br /> new school. However, as is being identified by both school districts, a new trend is emerging to <br /> renovate and expand existing facilities to address school capacity needs in a more feasible way. <br /> This process will pose some challenges to SAPFO compared to the existing process which <br /> indicates in advance when a completely new school is needed <br /> In addition, the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee has expressed concerns regarding the <br /> CAPS process and school capacity issues at the master planned development phase of large <br /> residential projects. SAPFOTAC members note that, in the next year, the committee can <br /> research and evaluate these trends and unique situations that have occurred over prior years <br /> and offer some suggestions on how SAPFO can be better tailored to this upcoming period of <br /> school capacity redevelopment/expansion and approved master planned development phasing <br /> following CAPS approvals. <br /> The exact pages of the 2016 SAPFOTAC report that the BOCC will be acknowledging and <br /> certifying are listed below. The context (i.e.: definitions and standards) of the various SAPFO <br /> elements precedes the data to be certified and is within the full Report. <br /> Page in <br /> Element SAPFOTAC Certification to be made by BOCC <br /> Report <br /> Building Capacity Building capacity and current year <br /> with CIP changes 11 through 16 membership for OCS and CHCCS were <br /> approved at the December 7, 2015 <br /> (Change from previous year) meeting. <br /> Student Membership Projection <br /> Methodology 19 Certification that the average of 5 models <br /> will be used, as noted in #3 on page 19 <br /> (No change from previous year) <br /> Student Membership Projections • Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br /> High Schools Student Projections (row <br /> 37 and 38 that notes average only) (p. 37) <br /> • Chapel Hill/Carrboro Elementary, Middle, <br /> and High Schools Student Projections <br /> (Change from previous year) (row that notes average only) (p. 38) <br /> Student Membership Growth Rate 39 • Orange County Elementary, Middle, and <br /> High Schools <br />