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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 7, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-f <br /> SUBJECT: Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) — Receipt and <br /> Transmittal of 2017 Annual Technical Advisory Committee Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. SAPFO Partners Transmittal Letter Ashley Moncado, Planner II, 919-245-2589 <br /> 2. Draft 2017 SAPFOTAC Annual Report and Craig Benedict, Director, 919-245-2575 <br /> Larger Scale Projection Worksheets <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the 2017 Annual Report of the SAPFO Technical Advisory Committee <br /> (SAPFOTAC) and transmit it to the SAPFO partners for comments before certification in May. <br /> NOTE: The School Capacity Capital Investment Plan (CIP) Needs Analysis projects no new <br /> school capacity needs in the next 10 years for elementary, middle and high school levels for <br /> both Orange County Schools (OCS) and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS). <br /> ADDITIONAL NOTE: North Carolina General Assembly 2015 legislation may result in a 1:21 to <br /> 1:17 decrease in class size averages for kindergarten to third grade for the 2017-18 school year. <br /> However, pending action by the 2017 North Carolina General Assembly seeks to increase class <br /> size averages above 1:17, but to what ratio is unknown, in time for the 2017-18 school year. As <br /> an example, the 1:17 class size average would result in a decrease in capacity at the <br /> elementary school level of approximately 444 students for OCS and 660 students for CHCCS. In <br /> any event of ratio change, the BOCC would decide, with input from the schools, on when to <br /> implement the impact of the ratio/capacity change. This would likely occur when the school <br /> capacity is recertified each November along with new enrollment. Subsequent to this capacity, <br /> enrollment input, then future projections of school needs would be developed with this new data <br /> as part of the annual report. The calculations and conclusions detailed in the 2017 SAPFOTAC <br /> Annual Report are based on the approved 1:21 class size averages, as accepted by the BOCC <br /> with the approval of the 2008-09 Membership and Capacity numbers and certification of the <br /> 2009 SAPFOTAC Annual Report on May 5, 2009, which is when the last legislative change was <br /> implemented. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 1. Annual Report <br /> Each year, since 2004, the SAPFOTAC Report is updated to reflect actual changing <br /> conditions of student membership and school capacity. This information is analyzed and <br /> used to project future school construction needs based on adopted levels of service <br /> standards. There are two steps to the full report. The first part (Student Membership and <br /> Capacity) is certified in the fall and then this full report, in the following spring, is to keep <br /> the SAPFO system calibrated. At the December 5, 2016 Board of County Commissioners <br /> meeting, the Board approved the November 15, 2016 actual membership and capacity <br />