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Orange County, NC School Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br /> INTRODUCTION <br /> The Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance 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 <br /> formal annual report will be forthcoming to all of the Schools Adequate Public Facilities <br /> Ordinance 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 effect 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 /> iv <br />