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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABS'iRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 31, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~ <br />SUBJECT: Options for Implementing Capital Funding Policy Revisions Including 60-40 <br />School/County Funding Target <br />DEPARTMENT: Manager/Budget PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />2/03/98 Capital Funding Policy <br />1 1/16/04 BOCC Resolution <br />1/04/05 CHCCS Chair Letter <br />2/21/05 OCS Chair Letter <br />Tables - FY 2005-06 Capital Funding <br />Options <br />Tables - Summary of School and County <br />Capital Funding Options <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />Donna Dean, ext 2151 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hitl 968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To review and consider alternatives for potential changes to the existing Orange <br />County capital funding policy that will guide the development of County and Schools' ten year <br />Capital Investment Plans for 2005-15. <br />BACKGROUND: During several meetings and work sessions in Fall 2004, the BOCC <br />reviewed and discussed the implications of the County's Capital Funding Policy, that was <br />originally adopted in December 1996 and most recently updated in February 1998. A key <br />theme of the Board's discussions was the desirability of allocating more resources for the <br />repair, maintenance, and upkeep of existing County facilities and for the development of <br />additional County space and facilities as appropriate. At their regular meeting on November 16, <br />2004, the Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution that implements a policy of allocating a <br />target of 60 percent of capital expenditures for school projects and 40 percent for County <br />projects over the next ten years. The Board directed staff to revise the existing capital funding <br />policy to streamline and simplify it and to reflect the adoption of the 60-40 capital funding target,. <br />As the BOCC requested, the adopted policy was forwarded to the Board of Education of both <br />school systems for review and comment. The school boards' responses are included in <br />accompanying attachments to this abstract. <br />Staff have developed a number of options that would "operationalize" the 60-40 capital funding <br />policy, as outlined in accompanying tables. Because the funding options are complex and not <br />self-explanatory, staff plan to make a detailed presentation at this March 31 work session that <br />