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<br />v <br /> <br />Orange County, NC School Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />Introduction <br /> <br /> The Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (SAPFO) and its Memorandum of <br />Understanding are ordinances and agreements, respectively. Supporting documents are <br />anticipated to be dynamic to incorporate the annual changing conditions of membership, capacity <br />and student projections that may affect School Capital Investment Plan (CIP) timing. This formal <br />annual report will be forthcoming to all of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />partners each year as new information is available. <br />This updated information is used in the schools capital needs process of the Capital <br />Investment Plan (Process 1) and within elements of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities <br />Ordinance Certificate of Adequate Public Schools (CAPS) spreadsheet system (Process 2). <br />This report and any comments from the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />partners will be considered in the first half of each year by the Board of County Commissioners <br />at a regular or special meeting. The various elements of the report are then “certified” and <br />formally considered in the process of the upcoming Capital Investment Plan. The Certificate of <br />Adequate Public Schools system is updated after November 15 when data is received from the <br />school districts with actual membership and pre-certified capacity (i.e. CIP capacity or prior <br />“joint action” capacity changes). <br /> The Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance and Memorandum of Understanding <br />have dynamic aspects. The derivation of the baseline and update to the variables will continue in <br />the future as a variety of school related issues are fine-tuned by technical and policy groups. <br /> The primary facet of this report includes the creation of mathematical projections for <br />student memberships by school levels (Elementary, Middle and High) and by School Districts <br />(Chapel Hill/Carrboro and Orange County). This information is found in Section II, Subsections <br />B, C, D, and E. <br /> In summary, this report serves as an update to the dynamic conditions of student <br />membership and school capacity which affect future projected needs considered in Capital <br />Investment Planning. <br />Interested parties may make their comments known to the Board of County <br />Commissioners prior to their review of the report and school CIP completion or ask questions of <br />the SAPFOTAC members. <br />14