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5 (Certificate of Adequate Public Schools), and the other is the projection methodology. He said as new developments come on line, and children end up in the schools, the projection is reevaluated in order to identify a school 3, 5, or 7 years out. He said the hope is to see capacity issues coming. He said it has been close in the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS), and there has had to be a time out in development. He said OCS has had capacity at the elementary level, and it has been a bit tighter at the high school level. He said this is reviewed and updated every year. Margaret Hauth said the boards should get an updated report soon, and under the thresholds now there will be no need for new schools. Commissioner Jacobs referred to Churton Street, and said he recollected that the reason that this street was delayed was because it costs close to $50 million. Margaret Hauth said she recalled a number closer to $27 million. She said the reason for the delay is because the Department of Transportation (DOT) did not assign any priority points to this project, and this was in an effort to spread the projects around throughout the division. She said Hillsborough has a number of funded projects. Commissioner Jacobs said there was a similar conversation at the Burlington-Graham MPO about breaking up large projects in small pieces in order to get funding more easily. He asked if the Churton Street project could be done in phases. Margaret Hauth said the funding of the interchange is exactly that, but there could be further discussion with DOT. Chair Dorosin said all of the issues on the agenda overlap, and the conversation is not bound by the agenda outline. Chair Dorosin asked if a brief update on the County bond project could be given, as well the properties in Orange County identified as sites for affordable housing. Travis Myren said the request for proposals for bond funds and ten parcels of County owned property were released on Monday. He said four of those parcels are in the northern part of Hillsborough. He said proposals are expected back at the end of March, at which point there will be a scoring process, and the proposals will be given to the BOCC in June, with projects being awarded by the end of July. Commissioner Ferguson asked if the parcels released for affordable housing will be perpetually affordable. Travis Myren said the parcels will carry the standard 99-year affordability. Commissioner Weaver asked if the location of the parcels in Hillsborough could be identified. Travis Myren said in the northwestern corner of Hillsborough. Margaret Hauth said the parcels are zoned single family, but some are larger than the minimum lot size, or could be subject to rezoning in order to accommodate additional units. She said questions are already coming in about these parcels. Commissioner Ferguson referred to the Odie Street parcel, and asked if this will be part of the overall Habitat for Humanity redevelopment. Margaret Hauth said it is not part of what Habitat had under contract, but Habitat is interested in buying additional lots. Commissioner Rich said Forest Ridge has payment in lieu, which she supports; but is concerned that payment in lieu (PIL) does not support affordable housing, as it does not build units. She would not want to see payment in lieu done too often. Chair Dorosin asked if$240,000 will be received as PIL. Margaret Hauth said yes. Mayor Stevens said when Waterstone was approved, there was a plan to have affordable housing, but that site went to something else. He said Forest Ridge is the next big