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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Chair Dorosin asked of there was a reason the size limit was set at 800 square feet, as opposed to 1000 or 1100 square feet. He said the idea sounds like a good one, but his concern is that it will not help many affordable housing projects. He said the Board of County Commissioners supports the goal of reducing housing costs, and he is not sure that this change will have a significant impact. Commissioner Marcoplos said the idea came about in consideration of tiny homes. Robert Morgan said he can research the number of units that fit this size limit, why the 800 square foot size was chosen, and whether there is any flexibility on this issue, and get back to the BOCC. Chair Dorosin said he is encouraged by this step, and affordable housing has become a real action priority amongst all local governments, but he suspects there are very few homes that are 800 square feet or less. Commissioner Price referred to the Tiny Homes Summit, and said this reduction in fees lays a foundation for tiny home communities to exist. Commissioner Price said different size homes are ruled by different regulations. Chair Dorosin said this progress for tiny home communities is excellent, but the cost of OWASA is a huge factor in the cost of housing, and he would like to see more help made available to the most people. b. FY2018 -19 Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) Continuation Budget The Board received an update on the current continuation budget projections for the FY2018 -19 Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools budget. BACKGROUND: During the last collaboration meeting of the three Boards, Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools requested the opportunity to appear before the Board of County Commissioners prior to the official start of the budget process. The request is an effort to be transparent with information early in the process so that the Board of County Commissioners is aware of the current reality in Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools. The estimated local cost for potential state mandates is $3,057,231. This represents the estimated amount of funding needed to maintain the current educational services, programming, and staff. Re: 2018 -19 Preliminary Continuation Budget Each year the district prepares a continuation budget estimate to begin the budget development process. The continuation budget is an estimate of the additional funding needed to maintain our current educational services and programs. This estimate is based on the anticipated state salary increases and benefit cost increases that must be matched for locally paid employees. The continuation budget also includes estimated revenue increases as a result of student growth, special district tax inflation, and other miscellaneous revenue growth. We anticipate receiving our official state enrollment projection from the Department of Public Instruction by the end of February. At this time our continuation budget is based off the same growth as the state projected last year of 109 additional students. We project a $777,460 increase in local revenues from student growth and the special district tax inflation. We also project a $175,000 increase from all of the other revenue sources. A placeholder amount has been included in the preliminary budget for a 6.9% state pay raise for certified staff and a $1,000 increase of all other staff. This placeholder will also support the district meeting Orange County's living wage goals for all of our employees. We have also projected increases in the state retirement employer match rate as well as in the health